If 30 grams of ammonia (NH3), nitrite (NO2-), and nitrate (NO3-) are added to a soil sample and nitrite-nitrifying bacteria are added, the concentration of the nitrate would increase, that of the nitrite would decrease, while that of ammonia would remain the same.
The process of converting ammonia to nitrate, also known as nitrification occur in two stages:
- The conversion of ammonia to nitrite by ammonia oxidizing bacteria.
- The conversion of nitrite to nitrate by nitrite-oxidizing/nitrifying bacteria.
Now, if nitrite-nitrifying bacteria is added to the soil sample above, it means that only the nitrite would be converted to nitrate. The bacteria will not be able to oxidize ammonia.
Hence, some of the nitrite would be converted into nitrate leading to the reduction in the concentration of the former, and an increase in the concentration of the latter. The concentration of ammonia will remain unchanged.
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