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THE following report is intended to summarize briefly some of the main findings discovered in an investigation of the metabolism of organic nitrogen compounds in soil, with particular reference to the breakdown of amino-aeids and certain allied substances. They throw light on the problem of the interference of organic matter with soil nitrification and on the chemical nature of a number of molecules that appear specifically to affect ammonia metabolism. They also point to the presence in soil of a class of organisms that can convert certain organic nitrogen compounds directly into nitrites. This report must be regarded as a preliminary statement ; full details of the experimental techniques and results (together with many that cannot adequately be mentioned here) will be given in later publications.
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QUASTEL, J., SCHOLEFIELD, P. Influence of organic Nitrogen Compounds on Nitrifications in Soil. Nature 164, 1068–1072 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641068a0
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