Microbiology of Soils
Nitrifying bacteria can not be isolated directly by the usual techniques employed to isolate hetrotrophic bacteria. The reasons may be due to

slow growth
none of these
fast growth
medium growth

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Microbiology of Soils
Nitrogen oxidation (nitrification)refers to the

sulfur is oxidized to the sulfate form through Thiobacillus bacteria
conversion of ammonium ions into nitrates through the activities of certain bacteria.
None of these
changing of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to nitrogen compounds

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Microbiology of Soils
Nitrogen fixation

fix the free nitrogen (N2) by which it should not be usable by plants
changes the free nitrogen (N2) to a form usable by plants
especially changes nitrogen compounds, mostly amines such as NH2
both (a) and (b)

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