What is the process of conversion of free atmospheric nitrogen into nitrites
and nitrates called?
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After nitrogen has been fixed, other bacteria convert it into nitrate, in a process known as nitrification. In the first step of this process, Nitrosomonas convert ammonia into nitrite, and in the second step, nitrite is converted into nitrate, by Nitrobacter.
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