The nitrifying bacteria are and _.

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Nitrifying bacteria, any of a small group of aerobic bacteria (family Nitrobacteraceae) that use inorganic chemicals as an energy source. They are microorganisms that are important in the nitrogen cycle as converters of soil ammonia to nitrates, compounds usable by plants. Nitrifying organisms that include species of the genera Nitrococcus, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter.

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