ammonifyv.
trans. and intr. To produce or undergo or subject to ammonification; to infuse or impregnate with ammonia.
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ammonify1911
1911 Centr. Bakt. Par. XXXI. 64 It might be supposed, therefore, that the..nitrogen in the 3 gms. of corn meal would be ammonified more thoroughly.
1911 Centr. Bakt. Par. XXXI. 64 The organic nitrogen was, to a great extent, ammonified.
1921 E. J. Russell Soil Conditions & Plant Growth (ed. 4) vii. 263 Dried blood is ammonified more rapidly than cotton~seed meal.
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aˈmmonifying adj. and n.
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1910 C. G. Hopkins Soil Fertility xiv. 196 The ammonifying bacteria serve only to convert organic nitrogen into ammonia nitrogen.
1911 Centr. Bakt. Par. XXXI. 64 Soy bean meals showed themselves capable of being rapidly decomposed by ammonifying bacteria.
1912 E. 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.
1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. viii. 237 The undecomposed organic matter first goes through an ammonifying process wherein both bacteria and fungi participate.
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