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it depends on which living organisms you are talking about. Plants absorb it through their roots in the form of nitrate (NO3) or ammonia (NH4) or in the case of Nitrogen-fixing plants, they host a bacterial infection which undergoes di-nitrogen fixation within a nodule and makes the nitrogen for the plant. Many types of bacteria and other microorganisms possess the ability to fix atmospheric N2, which eukaryotes in general cannot do. Animals in general get their nitrogen by consuming other organisms or organic material.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoSimply put, nitrogen from the air that enters the soil is a triple bonded diatomic atom. Bacteria can break this triple bond, even though plants can not. This puts the nitrogen into usable form for the plant.
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∙ 9y agoNitrogen is an essential component in living organisms. It is used to make proteins in the muscles, skin, blood, hair, nails and DNA.
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∙ 8y agoNitrogen is part of the amino acids used to make proteins.
Nitrogen is part of the bases used to build DNA and RNA.
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Why do all organisms require nitrogen?
All living organisms require nitrogen to grow. All organisms require nitrogen to make amino, acids, which in turn are used to build proteins.
What organisms can transform unusable nitrogen?
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
What is the cycle involving the exchange of nitrogen between organisms and the atmosphere?
nitrogen cycle
What kind of organism converts atmospheric nitrogen into a form that other organisms can use?
which of these organisms convert atmospheric nitrogen gas to a form that can be utilized by plants? a. bacteria b. protists c. consumers d. producers e. fungi
Which organisms are most critical in the nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria is the organism most critical in the nitrogen cycle. Bacteria in the nitrogen cycle provides different forms of nitrogen compounds used by higher organisms.
What do organisms use to make proteins?
Nitrogen
What organisms are capable of converting gaseous nitrogen in the air into a form that other living organisms can use?
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
What kind of organisms converts atmospheric nitrogen into a form that other organisms can use?
bacteria
Can most organisms can use free nitrogen air?
YES!
Do most organisms use nitrogen directly form air?
Since the air around you is about 78% nitrogen gas, you might think it would be easy for organisms to retrieve nitrogen easily. However, most organisms cannot use nitrogen gas. Nitrogen gas is called "free" nitrogen because it's not combined with other atoms. Most organisms can use nitrogen only when it has been combined with other elements to form nitrogen-containing compounds. So, is that the answer you were looking for (possibly for homework)?
What elements are most organisms unable to take from the atmosphere?
nitrogen
What do all living things use nitrogen to?
Nitrogen is a main component of our DNA, which is the genetics material of all living organisms.
How does atmospheric nitrogen fixation affect organisms?
Atmospheric nitrogen fixation is the process where nitrogen is converted into ammonia. Without nitrogen, organisms couldn't grow, and organisms need nitrogen more than anything to grow.
What is the process by which gaseous nitrogen is converted into ammonia a compound that organisms can use to make amino acids and other nitrogen-containig organic molecules?
Nitrogen fixation
What is organisms that can be transform unusable nitrogen in the atmosphere into chemical compounds containing nitrogen that can be used by other organisms?
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Do most organisms use nitrogen in the form of nitrogen gas?
No. They can not use nitrogen gas because the triple bonds of nitrogen can only be broken down for use in living things, plants, by the symbiotic bacteria in the root nodes. Then in other forms nitrogen is taken up into the plant and from there to other trophic levels.
Why do all organisms require nitrogen?
All living organisms require nitrogen to grow. All organisms require nitrogen to make amino, acids, which in turn are used to build proteins.
