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Nitrite

Appears in 5 processs and 12 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

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Soil nitrification, nitrate reduction and nitrogen gas losses

6 steps

Archaea oxidize ammonia at low supply and in acid soils
Bacteria oxidize ammonia where ammonium is plentiful
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria convert nitrite to nitrate
and 3 more in this process

Bacteria and archaea

3 steps

Nitrogen cycling

1 step

Nitrifiers oxidize ammonium to nitrite and nitrate (nitrification)

Nitrification-driven acidification of ammonium fertilised soil

1 step

Nitrite oxidisers produce Nitrate

Denitrification chain in anaerobic microsites

1 step

Nitrate reduced to nitrite and nitric oxide

Often found with

Oxygen 8 Nitrate 7 Ammonium 6 Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria 4 Ammonia-oxidizing archaea 3 Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria 3 Denitrifying bacteria 2 Organic carbon 2 Nitrous oxide 2 Dinitrogen 2 Nitrite-oxidising bacteria 1 Anammox bacteria 1

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