NEET Biology question

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Nitrifying bacteria

(A)Liberate ammonia
(B)Change ammonia into its ionic form
(C)Oxidise ammonia to nitrateCorrect
(D)Oxidise ammonia to nitrite

Answer: (C)

Solution

Nitrifying bacteria carry out the complete process of nitrification: *Nitrosomonas*/*Nitrosococcus* first oxidise ammonia to nitrite, and then *Nitrobacter* oxidises that nitrite further to nitrate. Since option (c) describes the overall two-step

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