Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...

Bacteria commonly utilize nitrate and nitrite as terminal electron acceptors for respiration in the absence of oxygen, or for incorporation in biomass. However, it was only recently described that ...

Fertilizers common to crop production in Indiana usually contain nitrogen in one or more of the following forms: nitrate, ammonia, ammonium or urea. Each form has specific properties that determine ...

The ship, which has 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate on board, was previously damaged but deemed seaworthy by authorities in Norway. HM Coastguard is in contact with the vessel, which according ...

This is a differential medium. It is used to determine if an organism is capable of reducing nitrate (NO 3-) to nitrite (NO 2-) or other nitrogenous compounds via the action of the enzyme nitratase ...

In addition to N 2 and NH 3, nitrogen exists in many different forms, including both inorganic (e.g., ammonia, nitrate) and organic (e.g., amino and nucleic acids) forms. Thus, nitrogen undergoes ...

(NPK Fertilisers). Fertilisers containing nitrate ions (NO 3-) not only contain an essential nutrient, but are also very soluble. Different crops need fertilisers with different proportions of ...

Natural fertilisers such as manure or compost are used by farmers to provide a source of nitrate to increase crop yield. Expensive artificial fertilisers such as ammonium nitrate can be applied to ...