In Nitrogen Cycle What Is Ammonification?

Ammonification. When an organism excretes waste or dies, the nitrogen in its tissues is in the form of organic nitrogen (e.g. amino acids, DNA). Various fungi and prokaryotes then decompose the tissue and release inorganic nitrogen back into the ecosystem as ammonia in the process known as ammonification.

What is meant by ammonification?

1 : the act or process of ammoniating. 2 : decomposition with production of ammonia or ammonium compounds especially by the action of bacteria on nitrogenous organic matter.

What cycle is ammonification?

1. Ammonification positioned in the nitrogen cycle. In marine ecology, ammonification is also referred to as ammonium regeneration and ammonium recycling.

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