Plant roots compete with Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter for ammonium in soil. When these bacterial groups acquire the ammonium, they turn it into

A) N2 gas through nitrification.
B) N2 gas through denitrification.
C) NO3- through nitrification.
D) NO3- through denitrification.


C

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