Term Name: denitrification pathway
Synonyms:
Definition: The reduction of nitrate to dinitrogen by four reduction reactions: nitrate reduced to nitrite, then to nitric oxide, then to nitrous oxide, and finally to dinitrogen.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0019333]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: nitrogen cycle metabolic process
has_part: nitrate reductase activity nitrous-oxide reductase activity