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Mineral Nutrition

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The nitrifying bacteria that convert the ammonia to nitrates are

  • Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter

  • Azotobacter

  • Rhizobium sp.

  • Thiobacillus denitrificans

Solution

A.

Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter

Nitrification is the phenomenon of conversion of ammonium to nitrate by nitriflying bacteria like Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, etc. It occurs in two steps-

2NH3 + 3O2 →Nitrosomonas 2NO-2 + 2H+ + 2H2O + Energy

2NO-2 + O2 →Nitrobacter 2NO-3 + Energy

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