How are organisms like Pseudomonas and Thiobacillus of great significance in the nitrogen cycle?

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Organisms like Pseudomonas and Thiobacillus are significant because they perform the process of denitrification.
In this process,these bacteria reduce nitrates $(NO_{3}^{-})$ and nitrites $(NO_{2}^{-})$ present in the soil back into gaseous nitrogen $(N_{2})$.
This nitrogen is then released back into the atmosphere,thereby completing the nitrogen cycle.

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