Why is the ammonia/ammonium concentration highly increased during storage of human urine?

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Why is the ammonia/ammonium concentration highly increased during storage of human urine?

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Rosalind Dalefield

4 months ago

Urease, produced by bacteria, converts urea in the urine to ammonia.

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Andres Trostchansky

almost 4 years ago

During storage, urea is transformed to ammonium increasing ammonium concentration and pH avoiding pathogens' survival.

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