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Various players in the nitrogen cycle: Diversity and functions of the microorganisms involved in nitrification and denitrification

Masahito Hayatsu National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Ibaraki, 305-8604, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kanako Tago National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan
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Masanori Saito National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan
Pages 33-45 | Received 22 Mar 2007, Accepted 19 Jul 2007, Published online: 21 Dec 2010

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Figure 1  Microbiological processes in the nitrogen cycle. (1) Nitrogen fixiation, (2) bacterial nitrification, archaeal nitrification and heterotrophic nitrification, (3) aerobic and anaerobic bacterial denitrifiction, nitrifer denitrification, fungal denitrification and archaeal denitrification, (4) and (5) co-denitrification (by fungi), (5) anammox and (6) N2O production during nitrification (ammonia oxidation).

Figure 1  Microbiological processes in the nitrogen cycle. (1) Nitrogen fixiation, (2) bacterial nitrification, archaeal nitrification and heterotrophic nitrification, (3) aerobic and anaerobic bacterial denitrifiction, nitrifer denitrification, fungal denitrification and archaeal denitrification, (4) and (5) co-denitrification (by fungi), (5) anammox and (6) N2O production during nitrification (ammonia oxidation).

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