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What bacteria can break down ammonia into a gaseous form of nitrogen?
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How can microorganisms enhance plant growth?
Plants need nitrogen. Unfortunately, gaseous nitrogen from the air is triple bonded and entering the soil thus make it unusable to plants because they have not way to break the triple bonds. There is a bacteria in a mutalistic, symbiotic relationship with plants and this bacteria has the proper enzymes to fix nitrogen into usable forms such as ammonia.
Why do bacteria play a role in the nitrogen cycle?
Some bacteria have the ability to "fix" nitrogen, that is they can utilize gaseous (atmospheric) nitrogen to produce organic compounds. (They can all break down compounds to free nitrogen too.)
How do bacteria help the nitrogen cycle?
Actually nitrogen exist in the atmosphere in dinitrogen (N2) form and cannot be utilized directly. As such bacteria help in converting atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia which then can be used by the plants.
What cycle occurs in the aquarium?
Nitrogen Cycle occurs in the aquarium.Fish produce ammonia which is toxic. In a well established aquarium, Some beneficial bacteria will break down the ammonia into nitrite, and a second species of bacteria will break down nitrite into less harmful nitrate. The whole process of converting ammonia into nitrite and then into nitrate is called nitrogen cycle.Although, only well established fish tanks have this nitrogen cycle going normally.For new aquariums, fish keepers must do fishless nitrogen cycle before they add any fish at all, or the fish will risk dying to ammonia poisoning due to insufficient amount of good bacteria. The whole fishless nitrogen cycle process can take 6~8 weeks.
What is the role of decomposers in the notrogen cycle?
Yes,Whenever an organism dies, decomposers break down the corpse into nitrogen in the form of ammonia. This nitrogen can then be used again by nutrifying bacteria to fixnitrogen for the plants
Do you produce ammonia?
Yes, human body can produce ammonia. Bacteria in our intestines break down proteins into ammonia.
What converts nitrogen from a form that can be assimilated by plants to N2.?
it is bacteria and lightening or decomposers, not sure. I am doing the same biology homework crap that Ms. elliot signed to all the students over break. i am looking for the same answer i think decomposers is the answer. its the one that makes most sense. :D
Why is nitrogen in the air not available for making proteins?
Gaseous nitrogen is one of the most stable compounds there is (it almost acts like a noble gas) and only highly energetic reactions (e.g. lightning bolts, nuclear explosions) can break it up and cause it to react chemically with other materials. The only living things that have enzymes allowing them to break up gaseous nitrogen under normal conditions are a few species of anaerobic bacteria. Most of the known species of these "nitrogen fixing" anaerobic bacteria are symbiotic with legume plants, living in nodules of the plant root.
What bacteria convert nitrites into nitrates?
Nitrogen fixation occurs in1 free living bacteria and archaea e.g. Azotobacter, Klebsiella, Clostridium, and Methanococcus,2 bacteria living in symbiotic association with plants such as legumes e.g. Rhizobium3 cyanobacteria e.g. Nostoc, Anabaena, and Trichodesmia.
What is the function of nitrifying bacteria?
Nitrifying bacteria converts ammonia compounds into nitrites and nitrates while denitrifying converts the nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen gas. It is confusing as at first I thought that the denitrifying bacteria would convert the nitrates into ammonia, but that is wrong. Denitrification is the opposite to nitrogen fixation, not nitrification.
What are two ways that nitrogen is fixed so plants can use it?
The only forms of nitrogen compounds that living things can make use of are ammonia compounds and nitrate compounds.These are called "fixed nitrogen". Animals obtain the nitrogen they need from proteins in the plants and/or animals they eat. Proteins are amino acid polymers and amino acids are built around an ammonia group.
Does plants take in nitrogen directly from air?
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.
