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Does denitrification require bacteria under aerobic or anaerobic conditions

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Denitrification requires bacteria under anaerobic conditions.

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Denitrification requires bacteria under anaerobic conditions.

Denitrifiers are important soil bacteria that use nitrate (NO3¯) as final electron acceptors, producing nitrogen gas (N₂). These bacteria switch to using nitrate as a final electron acceptor when oxygen levels have been depleted.

Microbes using anaerobic respiration commonly have an intact Krebs cycle and can access the necessary enzymes and metabolic pathways for denitrification.

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