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the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound) the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants)
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A chemical process in which nitrogen in plant and animal wastes and dead remains is oxidized, first to nitrites and then to nitrates.
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The process whereby ammonia in wastewater is oxidized to nitrite and then to nitrate by bacterial or chemical reactions.
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| nitrification |
The conversion of ammonia (NH3) to nitrate (NO3-).
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An aerobic process in which bacteria change the ammonia and organic nitrogen in wastewater into oxidized nitrogen (usually nitrate). The second-stage BOD is sometimes referred to as the "nitrification stage" (first-stage BOD is called the "carbonaceous stage").
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