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ammonify, v.|əˈməʊnɪfaɪ| [f. ammonia + -fy.] trans. and intr. To produce or undergo or subject to ammonification; to infuse or impregnate with ammonia. Hence aˈmmonifying ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1910C. G. Hopkins Soil Fertility xiv. 196 The ammonifying bacteria serve only to convert organic nitrogen into ammonia nitrogen. 1911Centr. Bakt. Par. XXXI. 64 It might be supposed, therefore, that the..nitrogen in the 3 gms. of corn meal would be ammonified more thoroughly. Ibid., The organic nitrogen was, to a great extent, ammonified. Ibid., Soy bean meals showed themselves capable of being rapidly decomposed by ammonifying bacteria. 1912E. J. Russell Soil Conditions & Plant Growth 86 The ammonia produced after four days at 20° is taken as a measure of the ‘putrefactive power’ or, as it is often called, the ‘ammonifying power’ of the soil. 1921Ibid. (ed. 4) vii. 263 Dried blood is ammonified more rapidly than cotton⁓seed meal. 1932Fuller & Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet's Plant Sociology viii. 237 The undecomposed organic matter first goes through an ammonifying process wherein both bacteria and fungi participate. |