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name some nitrogen compounds in the soil?

2006-08-08 04:47:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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ammonium (NH4+), nitrites(NO2-), nitrates(NO3-),

2006-08-08 04:54:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Its called Nitrofication. The nitrogen cycle is the cycling of nitrogen between organisms and the environment. Without nitrogen, proteins and nucleic acids cannot be produced. Nitrogen composes nearly 79% of the earth's atmosphere, the most abundant gas on the earth. Nitrogen gas, reacts chemically only under unique conditions. As a result, nitrogen is most often utilized by organisms in the form of the nitrate ion (NO3) found in nitrate salts. Only organisms capable of making their own food can use nitrates to generate proteins, nucleic acids, and other nitrogen compounds. Atmospheric nitrogen can be converted into the nitrates, the usable form of nitrogen. The process is called nitrogen fixation: the conversion of nitrogen gas into nitrates and ammonium ions, which can then be used by plants. All organisms produce wastes and eventually die. In bacterial decay, proteins are slowly broken broken down into ammonia compounds, then to nitrites, and finally back to nitrates. The nitrates can then reenter the cycle. At various stages in the decay process, denitrifying bacteria (soil bacteria that reduce nitrates or nitrites to gaseous nitrogen and some nitrous oxide) can break down nitrites and nitrates, releasing nitrogen gas back into the atmosphere.

2016-03-27 03:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite.

2006-08-08 05:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Urine or animal feces.

2006-08-08 05:15:30 · answer #4 · answered by Stephanie S 6 · 0 0

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