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Mineralization implies a specific thing - having nothing to do with microbes.
verb (used with object), min·er·al·ized, min·er·al·iz·ing.
to convert into a mineral substance.
This does not have a huge amount to do with the discussion? Or?
It's the process of converting organic nitrogen to ammonia and microbes are definitely involved.
I have my doubts that a dead fish would cause an ammonia spike given how many complaints I see that using organic matter as an ammonia source is taking too long and/or very messy/cloudy/stinky (implying a population of microbes has to be grown).