DENITRIFICATION

JAIRUS KYLE ARAYA

RASSIE GENEBRALDO
 INTRODUCTION
DENITRIFICATION

• Denitrification is the microbial process of reducing nitrate

and nitrite to gaseous forms of nitrogen, principally
nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitrogen (N2).
• It can only occur under anaerobic condition.
• Factors ,:The most important environmental factors
affecting the activity of denitrifying bacteria (and hence
the reactors’ denitrification rates) are temperature, pH,
toxic compounds, carbon source and concentration, and
nitrate concentration
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Pseudomonas spp. Thiobacillus denitrifican Paracoccus denitrifican

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Thiobacilus denitrifican CdS hybrid

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• Presence of Nitrate- Denitrification only occurs when nitrate is present
• Temperature- denitrification is most rapid as temperatures rises
• Soil wetness - Denitrification can occur in aerobic (adequate oxygen)
conditions, but to a relatively insignificant degree. Wet soils are generally the
trigger for denitrification to occur.
• Soil pH- rate of reaction is affected to the level of soil acidity
• Presence of dissolved carbon - Denitrifying bacteria obtain their energy from
soluble organic carbon.

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A D VA N TA G E S D I S A D VA N TA G E S
• I T R E M O V E S N I T R AT E F R O M • NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION
THE ECOSYSTEM
• REDUCED NITROGEN
• TURNS IT TO THE AVA I L A B I L I T Y
AT M O S P H E R E I N A
• B A C T E R I A L PAT H O G E N S
B I O L O G I C A L LY I N E RT F O R M
• WA S T E WAT E R T R E AT M E N T
• R E M E D I AT E E U T R O P H I C AT I O N