Multiple Choice
When nitrate is used as a final electron acceptor by bacteria growing in anoxic soils,the nitrogen is no longer available for the construction of precursor metabolites.This is referred to as
A) nitrification.
B) nitrogen fixation.
C) nitrogen respiration.
D) dissimilatory nitrate reduction.
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