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{{Short description|Biological oxidation of ammonia/ammonium to nitrate}} {{Distinguish|Nitration}} [[File:Nitrogen Cycle.svg|right|thumb|300px|[[Nitrogen cycle]]]] '''''Nitrification''''' is the biological [[redox|oxidation]] of [[ammonia]] to [[nitrate]] via the intermediary [[nitrite]]. Nitrification is an important step in the [[nitrogen cycle]] in [[soil]]. The process of complete nitrification may occur through separate organisms<ref name="Nitrification Network 2014">{{cite web|last1=Nitrification Network|title=Nitrification primer|url=http://nitrificationnetwork.org/Introduction.php|website=nitrificationnetwork.org|publisher=Oregon State University|access-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502025900/http://nitrificationnetwork.org/Introduction.php|archive-date=2 May 2018|url-status=usurped}}</ref> or entirely within one organism, as in [[comammox]] bacteria. The transformation of ammonia to nitrite is usually the rate limiting step of nitrification. Nitrification is an [[Aerobic respiration|aerobic]] process performed by small groups of [[autotroph]]ic [[bacteria]] and [[archaea]].
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