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NEET 2019
Exam
NEET
Year
2019
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Mineral Nutrition

NEET 2019 · Botany · Mineral Nutrition

Which of the following bacteria reduces nitrate in soil into...

Which of the following bacteria reduces nitrate in soil into nitrogen?

Options

  1. ANitrobacter
  2. BNitrococcus
  3. CThiobacillus
  4. DNitrosomonas

Correct answer

C. Thiobacillus

Step-by-step solution

Thiobacillus reduces nitrate in soil into nitrogen. The process is called denitrification. On the other hand, Nitrosomonas and Nitrococcus oxidise ammonia into nitrite. The bacterium, Nitrobacter oxidises nitrite to nitrate. These processes together are known as nitrification.
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