A process in which nitrogenous waste products or organic remains of organisms are decomposed by

soil bacteria and fungi that use the amino acids being released for their own growth and release the
excess as NH3 or NH4 is
a. nitrification.
b. ammonification.
c. denitrification.
d. nitrogen fixation.
e. hydrogenation.


B

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