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- Order Rickettsiales
- Obligate intracellular parasites; generally short...
...cycle as converters of soil ammonia to nitrates, compounds usable by plants. The nitrification process requires the mediation of two distinct groups: bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites ( Nitrosomonas, Nitrosospira, Nitrosococcus, and Nitrosolobus) and bacteria that convert nitrites (toxic to plants) to nitrates (Nitrobacter, Nitrospina, and Nitrococcus). In...
use of ammonia
...acceptor. Denitrifying bacteria convert nitrate to dinitrogen gas. The conversion of ammonia or organic amines to nitrate is accomplished by the combined activities of the aerobic organisms Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter, which use ammonia as an electron donor.
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