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Nitrates
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Does salt contain nitrogen?
Table salt doesn't; it contains only sodium and chlorine. There are salts that do contain nitrogen: ammonium salts, nitrates, and nitrites.
What organisms convert nitrogen into a form that is by humans?
Bacteria Ammonia, nitrates, nitrites
How do nitrates produced?
in nature nitrogen from the atmosphere is converted to ammonia by nitrifying bacteria ammonia is then converted to nitrite and then to nitrate by nitrogen fixing bacteria. nitrate is converted back to nitrogen by denitrifying bacteria
Why are nitrates used to help preserved food?
The ion nitrate used in curing is converted to nitrite by enzymes or bacteria. The nitrite then prevents the bacteria from growing.
What is the role prokaryotes play in nitrogen recycling?
1. Bacteria that nitrifies ammonium compounds in the soil (called "nitrifying bacteria"). Example: Nitrosomonas. 2. Bacteria that nitrifies nitrites (NO2-) in the soil (also called "nitrifying bacteria"). Example: Nitrobacter. 3. Bacteria that denitrifies nitrates (NO3-) in the soil (called "denitrifying bacteria"). Example: Pseudomonas denitrificans. 4. Bacteria that "fixes" nitrogen (called "nitrogen-fixing bacteria"). Examples: Rhizobium (which is symbiotic) and Azotobacter (which is free-living). 5. You also have bacteria that putrefies nitrogenous waste (like urea) and the protein in dead organisms. This type of bacteria is called putrefying bacteria.
What form of nitrogen is produced by bacteria - in certain plant root nodules?
These bacteria, through the plant, receive elemental nitrogen from the air, and use it to produce ammonia (NH3). This process is called nitrogen fixation. The ammonia can then be converted in to oxides of nitrogen and nitrogen salts, such as nitrites and nitrates, which are used by the host plant and others as nutrients.
What is Nitrogen Converted into ammonia by?
The conversion of ammonia into nitrates is performed primarily by soil-living bacteria plus other nitrifying bacteria. The primary stage of nitrification, the oxidation of ammonia is performed by bacteria such as... Nitrosomonas species, which converts ammonia to nitrites.
What causes nitrits in urine?
According to WebMD: Nitrites. Bacteria that cause a urinary tract infection (UTI) make an enzyme that changes urinary nitrates to nitrites. Nitrites in urine show a UTI is present.
What bacteria is in nitrogen compounds?
Bacteria Certain bacteria can use nitrogen from the air to make nitrogen-containing substances called nitrites. Other bacteria can turn nitrites into nitrates-another group of nitrogen-containing substances.
What of bacteria put nitrogen back into the air?
nitrites
Are nitrates products of decomposition needed and used by plants?
Not exactly. The important product of decomposition is ammonium (NH4+). This is then converted into nitrates and nitrites by nitrifying bacteria, which is then assimilated by the root systems of plants.
What kind of bacteria put nitrogen bacteria put nitrogen back into the air?
Rhizobium
Which type of bacteria return nitrogen to air?
nitrites
Does salt contain nitrogen?
Table salt doesn't; it contains only sodium and chlorine. There are salts that do contain nitrogen: ammonium salts, nitrates, and nitrites.
What organisms convert nitrogen into a form that is by humans?
Bacteria Ammonia, nitrates, nitrites
What organisms convert nitrogen into a form that is usable by humans?
Bacteria Ammonia, nitrates, nitrites
What is the functions of nitrosomonas and nitrobacter bacteria and where they can be found?
converts ammomun compound to nitrites and nitobacter
