to nitrify
- verb
- /ˈnaɪtrɪfaɪ/
- Specialized
:
nitrificar
- Soils are buffered against pH changes and contain nitrifying bacteria that convert ammonium to nitrate.
- nitrifying bacteria
And this right here is nitrifying bacteria, which breaks down things like ammonia.
- And this right here is nitrifying bacteria, which breaks down things like ammonia.
Examples
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In some cases, significant changes occur in the water quality during water flowing from basins to taps due to biofilm formation of nitrifying bacteria in the pipes.
Academic text (1997) -
In addition, published studies suggested that in acid forest soils, nitrification is controlled mainly by competition between plants and nitrifying microbes, such that nitrification tends to occur only where the supply of ammonium is high relative to plant demand.
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Nitrifying bacteria become very active during warmer months, as experienced in the plant operation.
Academic text (1997) -
And this right here is nitrifying bacteria, which breaks down things like ammonia.
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In this occurrence, several factors could make conditions more conducive to growing the nitrifying bacteria inside the GAC filter media.
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When the temperature is above 37 degrees Celsius, nitrification will be inhibited due to the adverse effects of high temperature on nitrifying bacteria.
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In nitrification, chloramine's concentration is diminished by interacting with nitrite formed by nitrifying bacteria with a series of chemical and biological changes.
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PHOTO (COLOR): Soil scientists Patrick Hunt (left) and Matias Vanotti examine a sample of nitrifying pellets that can remove nitrogen in a hog-manure management system.
Academic text (2006) -
These values are completely unreliable to use in regard to the chloramine concentration in the D1 zone, especially during warm weather when nitrifying bacteria are replicating and are very active in the nitrification of sampling pipes.
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Farmers often nitrify their soil by adding nitrogen-rich fertilizers to promote plant growth.
Synonyms
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3.4
To add plant food to soil or plants to help them grow
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7.9
To add nitric acid to something to make fertilizers or explosives
To add nitrogen to something in a chemical process
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Etymology
Nitrify comes from the root nitri- from nitre, a word for 'salt' or a 'salt-like chemical', and the ending -fy which means 'to make'. This nitri- root is the same one in nitrogen and nitrate, so to nitrify is to 'make' or treat something with nitrogen chemicals, as farmers do when they add nitrates to soil to help plants grow.