Biology, asked by darksugar43, 1 year ago

what is the difference between nitrification and denitrification and the role of bacteria in the process

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Answered by AnshCrazy
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Nitrifying bacteria are responsible for conversion of ammonia to nitrite 1st & then nitrate during ‘d’ process of N2 fixation………Whereas denitrifying bacteria are responsible for convertibg ‘nitrate’ back again to atmocpheric N2. Hope it helps!
AnshCrazy: In simpler words you can even say
AnshCrazy: Nitrifying bacteria fix nitrogen from ammonia. Denitrifying bacteria brekdown nitrogen compounds(eg. nitrates) to atmospheric nitrogen. Nitrogen fixing bacteria produce nitrogen compounds from atmospheric nitrogen.
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