Meaning of DENITRIFICATION
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion\, n.
The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the
condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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- The removal of an oxygen atom from a nitrogen compound (like NO3 to NO2, NO2 to NO, or NO to N2). This is something soil bacteria do successively until they release nitrogen gas, and is the opposite of nitrogen fixation.
- The removal of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from a substance.
- Conversion of nitrate into nitrogen gases under anaerobic conditions, resulting in loss of nitrogen from ecosystems.
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