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What are chemoautotrophic nitrifying bacteria?


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Chemoautotropic nitrifying bacteria:

  1. Chemoautrops are the organisms that create their energy and biological materials.
  2. Chemoautotropic nitrifying bacteria use inorganic compounds as energy sources to get organic compounds.
  3. They convert soil ammonia to nitrates which plants use.

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