nitrifying
present participle ofnitrify
nitrify
verb[T]
chemistry,biologyspecializeduk/ˈnaɪ.trɪ.faɪ/us/ˈnaɪ.trə.faɪ/toaddnitrogenor one ofitscompoundsto something, forexampletosoilinorderto make itproducehealthierplants
Physical & chemical processes
- absorbable
- absorptive
- absorptive capacity
- acidification
- addition reaction
- condense
- evaporate
- evaporation
- excitability
- excitation
- excite
- exergonic
- nuclear fission
- oxidize
- recondense
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- reliquefy
- solidify
Examplesofnitrifying
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Inhibition of soilnitrifyingbacteria communities and their activities by glucosinolate hydrolysis products.
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These include, for instance, primary producers, decomposers,nitrifyingorganisms and pollinators.
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Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on activity ofnitrifyingbacteria.
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At this time, these communities have not been examined for the presence of anynitrifyingbacteria, which, if present, would complete the nitrogen cycle in this habitat.
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Population ecology ofnitrifyingbacteria.
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The clover is anitrifyingplant and absorbs nitrogen from the atmosphere and conducts it into the soil.
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Examples of bacteria containing intracellular membranes are phototrophs,nitrifyingbacteria and methane-oxidising bacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was responsible for the first isolation and description of bothnitrifyingand nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ability ofnitrifyingorganisms to degrade some pollutants may make these organisms attractive for controlled bioremediation in nitrifying soils and waters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Biological filters provide a medium specially designed for colonization by the desirednitrifyingbacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This approach was successfully used to reveal that some ammonium oxidizing bacteria, also callednitrifyingbacteria use urea as a carbon source in soil.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Putrefying bacteria is one of the main processes in the nitrogen cycle; other than putrefying bacteria there are denitrifying bacteria,nitrifyingbacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Typical autotrophic bacteria are phototrophic cyanobacteria, green sulfur-bacteria and some purple bacteria, but also many chemolithotrophic species, such asnitrifyingor sulfur-oxidising bacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nitrifyingorganisms are chemoautotrophs, and use carbon dioxide as their carbon source for growth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nitrifyingbacteria turn the ammonium compounds into nitrites and then into nitrates for plant absorption.
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