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Definition of Denitrifying
1. denitrify [v] - See also: denitrify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denitrifying
Literary usage of Denitrifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"Consequently the nitrogen does not come exclusively from the nitrates, but also
results from the denitrifying action of the bacillus upon amido principles ..."
2. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"denitrifying Bacteria.—Among the sources of loss of nitrates in the soil is the
action of denitrifying bacteria; some of which cause merely the reduction of ..."
3. A Text Book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"denitrifying Bacteria. — The denitrifying bacteria are frequently found in the soil.
Their action is just the reverse of the nitrifying bacteria; that is, ..."
4. Agricultural Bacteriology by Joseph Eames Greaves (1922)
"... which are very poor sources ot carbon and energy for denitrifying organisms.
However, Stoklasa and Vitek found that the typical denitrifying organism, ..."
5. Bacteria in Relation to Country Life by Jacob Goodale Lipman (1908)
"denitrifying bacteria.—There are in the soil certain bacteria capable of breaking
down nitrates and ... These organisms are called "denitrifying" bacteria. ..."
6. Bacteria in Relation to Country Life by Jacob Goodale Lipman (1908)
"denitrifying bacteria.—There are in the soil certain bacteria capable of breaking
down nitrates and ... These organisms are called "denitrifying" bacteria. ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the conditions are more favorable for the action of denitrifying bacteria
which reduce nitrogen compounds to free nitrogen which is then lost as a plant ..."
8. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1905)
"... and denitrifying Bacteria in Seiv- and Effluents from Sewage Filters, ...
and denitrifying powers of over three hundred cultures of bacteria were made, ..."
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