Nitrification - Chemistry

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Nitrification is a process of nitrogen compound oxidation (effectively, loss of electrons from the nitrogen atom to the oxygen atoms):

  1. NH3 + 1.5 O2 + Nitrosomonas → NO2- + H2O + H+
  2. NO2- + 0.5 O2 + Nitrobacter → NO3-
  3. NH3 + O2 → NO2− + 3H+ + 2e−
  4. NO2− + H2O → NO3− + 2H+ + 2e−

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