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Define Denitrification .

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Nitrates in the soil are converted back into atmospheric nitrogen by a process called denitrification . Bacteria involved in this process are Pseudomonas, Thiobacillus and Bacillus subtilis.
`underset((NO_(3)^(-))) "Nitrate" overset("Pseudomonas") to underset((N_(2)))"Molecular Nitrogen"`
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