ammonification

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ammonification

[ə‚män·ə·fə′kā·shən]

(chemistry)

Addition of ammonia or ammonia compounds, especially to the soil.

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Table 2 shows that microorganisms 2, 3, 4, and 5 had the ammonification pathway because they had deaminase enzyme, which could change amino acid into ammonia.

Screening of Microorganisms from Homemade Biofertilizers to Promote Plant Growth

Arginine ammonification was measured by the procedure described by Lin and Brookes [8].

Endophyte (Epichloe coenophiala) symbiosis increased enzyme activities in the rhizosphere of tall fescue under greenhouse condition

In this work, there was a decrease in ammonia during the afternoon period, indicating that the processes photosynthesis and nitrification had predominated over the ammonification process.

Variacion temporal de la calidad del agua de los estanques y efluentes de los estanques de engorde del camaron de rio: Macrobrachium amazonicum

Chemical detoxification methods such as use of hydrogen peroxide (Sreenivasa et al., 1967) and calcium hydroxide (Coker et al., 1984), sodium hydroxide and ammonification have been investigated.

Detoxification of aflatoxin B1 in poultry and fish feed by various chemicals

Nitrogen removal begins with ammonification, which occurs in the septic tanks.

Engineering

The meromictic stratification and the substantially hypoxic condition of the monimolimnion surely benefit ammonification, leading to relatively high values of ammonia and phosphates in deep water.

Limnology in El Dorado: some surprising aspects of the regulation of phytoplankton productive capacity in a high-altitude Andean lake (Laguna de Guatavita, Colombia)

astreoides consists of genes encoding enzymes involved in cycling nitrogen via nitrogen fixation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification (Wegley et al, 2007).

Multi-partner interactions in corals in the face of climate change

Enzymology and bioenergetics of respiratory nitrite ammonification. FEMS Microbiology Reviews.

Dinamica del ciclo del nitrogeno y fosforo en suelos

Biotic transformations of organic N (ammonification to produce [NH.sub.4.sup.+], followed by nitrification to N[O.sub.3.sup.-]) may also occur on leaf surfaces, and assimilation of these ions to bacterial and plant biomass can occur within the plant canopy (Schwarz et al., 2011).

Throughfall chemistry and soil nutrient effects of the invasive shrub Lonicera maackii in deciduous forests

Many different kinds of decay microorganisms participate in ammonification. Nitrifying bacteria oxidize the ammonia to nitrites, and further oxidize the nitrites to nitrates.

A nitrogen fixation

This finding can be attributed to ammonification and/or denitrification occurring in the benthos during prolonged anoxic conditions (Mayer et al.