Practice mode Plant Pathology

Which bacterium converts ammonia into nitrite?

Correct answer A. Nitrosomonas

Explanation

Nitrosomonas performs the first step of nitrification, oxidising ammonia to nitrite, which Nitrobacter then oxidises to nitrate.

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