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Bacteria Nitrogen Nitrifying Denitrifying Concentration Soil Water/Oxygen Content

Front How does soil water/oxygen content affect the nitrogen cycle?
Back - nitrifying bacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria are aerobic
- denitrifying bacteria are anaerobic

- in waterlogged soils there is low oxygen concentration
- fewer nitrifying and nitrogen fixing bacteria
- more denitrifying bacteria
- decrease in nitrate concentration

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