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Nitrification

The chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound).The oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants).The conversion of [[ nitrogen from inorganic to organic by [[nitrate bacteria, which effectively recycles the substance so that it can be used again by plants via [[root uptake.


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nitrogen fixation

Ammonium --> nitrate is called nitrification. It's not fixation 100%. The nitrogenase complex reduces the N2 gas to ammonium, but not to nitrate. The product of fixation is ammonium. The oxidation of ammonium to nitrite/nitrate happens ...

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by Ninking
Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:32 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: nitrogen fixation
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A scientific cycles

... Water Cycle Precipitation, evaporation+transpiration , condensation.... Nitrogen Cycle lightning/nitrogen fixation bacteria(n2)-->ammonia--->nitrification(N03)--->absorption(nuclei acids, proteins)-->ammonification(ammonia, guano, uric acid)--->denitrification(n2)

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by mith
Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:38 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: A scientific cycles
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