Abstract
In soil environments several microbial oxidations and reductions of nitrogen (N) may occur depending on the conditions. Figure 1 shows those of interest to this study. Anaerobically, NO3 − is reduced to NO2 −, which can be converted to gaseous forms and the N lost, or may be converted to NH4 + and assimilated or excreted and the N conserved through interaction with soil particles.
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Thayer, J.R., Huffaker, R.C. (1981). The Conversion of \(N{O_3}^ - \) to \(N{H_4}^ + \) in Klebsiella Pneumoniae . In: Lyons, J.M., Valentine, R.C., Phillips, D.A., Rains, D.W., Huffaker, R.C. (eds) Genetic Engineering of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Conservation of Fixed Nitrogen. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3953-3_36
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