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NO. Nitrogen is a required nutrient for plants but it is obtained from ammonia or nitrates used as fertilizers. Some plants can "fix" (convert nitrogen in the air to an usable form) with the assistance of microorganisms living at the roots.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoNo, neither plants, animals, or fungi have any ability to capture and use nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. Nitrogen is too stable a molecule and is virtually inert.
Only a small number of species of bacteria are capable of using nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. They convert the nitrogen first to ammonia, then some perform an additional step of converting ammonia to nitrate. There are a few species of plants that are symbiotic with such bacteria and can thus use the atmospheric nitrogen indirectly.
All organisms other than these specialized bacteria must depend on either the plants that are symbiotic with these species of bacteria or on these species of bacteria free living in the soil.
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∙ 9y agoNo, they are not. Diatomic nitrogen is fairly (though not completely) inert, and it is difficult to break the triple bond between the nitrogen atoms to get them to react with anything. Certain bacteria are capable of doing so, and some plants have a symbiotic relationship with "nitrogen-fixing" bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form the plants can use.
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∙ 9y agoOnly some plants are able to absorb nitrogen directly from the atmosphere.
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Is it true although 78 percent of air is nitrogen plants cannot use this form well?
It is very close to it, being about 78.09%.
When there is not enough nitrogen in the atmosphere for plants how do the plants get it?
Plants do not actually get their nitrogen from the atmosphere. They get it in compounds in the soil through their roots. Some plants form symbiotic relationships with bacteria in the soil. The bacteria draw nitrogen from the air and form nitrogen compounds. The plants can then use the nitrogen.
What organisms can help plants take up nitrogen from the air?
Any nitrogen-fixing bacteria adds nitrogen to the soil for plants. More than 90 percent of all nitrogen fixation is effected by these organisms and they play an important role in the nitrogen cycle. There are a few plants that love nitrogen gas. They are able to draw the nitrogen gas from the air and store it in their roots. These are called nitrogen fixing plants. But they need help from the bacteria mentioned above. They do release a little nitrogen to the soil and when they die, they add more. The group of plants that do this are the legumes (peas and beans).
What converts nitrogen into air plants can use?
Plant can not use nitrogen "air" (gas), it must be "fixed" , a nitrous compound.
What does certain bacteria that live on the roots of plants provide for the plant?
I think you are thinking of nitrogen fixing bacteria which are associated with nodules on the roots of plants belonging to the legume family (peas and beans). The bacteria that form and live in these nodules have the ability to take nitrogen form the air and use it to build organic molecules directly. This is important because all life needs a small amount of nitrogen (in organic forms) to build proteins.
Can animals use nitrogen directly from the atmosphere?
no plants and animals cannot use nitrogen straight out of the air every time we take a breath you breath it in but it goes through nitrogen fixation to let us humans animals and plants to use it.
Is it true although 78 percent of air is nitrogen plants cannot use this form well?
It is very close to it, being about 78.09%.
What are nitrogen fixing cells?
Cells that take nitrogen in the air and make to a form that plants can take in from the soil.
Where does plants get nitrogen?
when animals eat plants,they get nitrogen compounds that their bodies need.plants do not make these nitrogen compounds. so from where do plants get their nitrogen compounds/ from the air
What is nitrogen in the air used for in your body?
Your body is not capable of directly using the nitrogen in air. It is ultimately the source of the nitrogen in the proteins and other nitrogen-containing compounds in your body, but the precursors for these are (mostly) made by nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil and then incorporated into molecules by plants. (The "mostly" is because some of the nitrogen used by plants comes from nitrates or ammonia applied as fertilizer.)
Can humans get the nitrogen they need to exist in the air?
Plants and animals die and decomposers break down their nitrogen containing molecules to ammonia. All animals get the nitrogen they need by eating plants, by eating other animals that ate plants, or by eating animals that ate animals that ate plants.
What is a peocess by which bacteria remove nitrogen from the air and make it avaliable to plants-?
Nitrogen fixation is the process by which bacteria remove nitrogen from the air and make it available to plants.
How do plants get the nitrogen they need?
From the soil by the roots or fixation from the air
How do most animals get nitrogen?
From plants or air.
What can convert nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use?
Nitrogen fixing bacteria along and on the roots of plants converts gaseous nitrogen into a form that plants can absorb.
When there is not enough nitrogen in the atmosphere for plants how do the plants get it?
Plants do not actually get their nitrogen from the atmosphere. They get it in compounds in the soil through their roots. Some plants form symbiotic relationships with bacteria in the soil. The bacteria draw nitrogen from the air and form nitrogen compounds. The plants can then use the nitrogen.
What organisms can help plants take up nitrogen from the air?
Any nitrogen-fixing bacteria adds nitrogen to the soil for plants. More than 90 percent of all nitrogen fixation is effected by these organisms and they play an important role in the nitrogen cycle. There are a few plants that love nitrogen gas. They are able to draw the nitrogen gas from the air and store it in their roots. These are called nitrogen fixing plants. But they need help from the bacteria mentioned above. They do release a little nitrogen to the soil and when they die, they add more. The group of plants that do this are the legumes (peas and beans).
