0 present participle of nitrify
1 to add nitrogen or one of its compounds to something, for example to soil in order to make it produce healthier plants
Inhibition of soil nitrifying bacteria communities and their activities by glucosinolate hydrolysis products.
These include, for instance, primary producers, decomposers, nitrifying organisms and pollinators.
Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on activity of nitrifying bacteria.
At this time, these communities have not been examined for the presence of any nitrifying bacteria, which, if present, would complete the nitrogen cycle in this habitat.
Population ecology of nitrifying bacteria.
The clover is a nitrifying plant and absorbs nitrogen from the atmosphere and conducts it into the soil.
Examples of bacteria containing intracellular membranes are phototrophs, nitrifying bacteria and methane-oxidising bacteria.
He was responsible for the first isolation and description of both nitrifying and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.