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Chapter : 6. Natural Resources
Ammonification
Ammonification : Dead plant & animal protein and their waste like urea & uric acid converted to ammonia by some ammonifying bacteria in soil. e.g. Bacillus mycoides, B. vulgaris & B. ramosus etc. Nitrification : Ammonia is converted into nitrite by Nitrosomonas bacteria, and Nitrobacter convert nitrite into nitrate. This nitrate again can be absorbed by plant & thus cycled back. Denitrification : Some denitrifying bacteria like Pseudomonas reduce nitrate into nitrogen gas in soil. This gas is again back to environment.