Nitrification and anammox both
A) create nitrogen gas, but nitrification is aerobic while anammox is anaerobic.
B) oxidize ammonia, but nitrification uses O₂ ₐs ₐn ₑlₑctᵣₒn ₐccₑptₒᵣ and anammox uses NO₂-.
C) are aerobic processes, but nitrification produces NO₃- and annamox produces N₂ gas.
D) occur in soils at neutral pH.

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Nitrification oxidizes ammonia using O₂ as an electron acceptor, while anammox oxidizes ammonia using NO₂- as an electron acceptor.

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