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Nitrification of ammonia involves two oxidation stages.

(a) True

(b) False

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To elaborate: Nitrification of ammonia is a biological oxidation stage where ammonia is converted into nitrite followed by the oxidation of the nitrite into nitrate but the conversion of ammonia to nitrite is a rate limiting step of nitrification.

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