Nitrogen is an element and does not live on anything...
It is performed by nitrogen fixing bacteria that live on the roots of plants.
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Plants get it from bacteria which live associated with their roots who take atmospheric nitrogen and fixate it (nitrogen cycle). Animals can only get it by ingesting organic compounds which contain nitrogen, such as plants and other animals which have eaten plants.
nitrogen fission
Animals and plants need nitrogen to live because proteins and other biological compounds contain nitrogen. In plants, nitrogen compounds perform photosynthesis. In humans, nitrogen is the basis for amino acids, the building blocks of genetic material.
There are two ogranisms that are nitrogen fixers:Free-living (non-symbiotic) bacteria, which live in the soil. This includes the cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae) Anabaena and Nostoc and such genera as Azotobacter, Beijerinckia, and ClostridiumMutualistic (symbiotic) bacteria, which live live in nodules in the roots of plants. This includes Rhizobium,associated with leguminous plants, and Spirillum lipoferum,associated with cereal grasses.Nitrogen fixing bacteria are microorganisms present in the soil or in plant roots that change nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into solid nitrogen compounds that plants can use in the soil.
change nitrogen gas into ammonia
Plants living in low-nitrogen soils can obtain nitrogen by forming symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form for the plants. These bacteria can colonize the roots of the plants and provide them with the nitrogen they need for growth. Additionally, some plants can also take up nitrogen from organic matter in the soil or through the decomposition of dead plant and animal material.
Nitrogen fixation is the process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into a form that plants can use for growth. This is done by certain bacteria, like Rhizobium, that live in the roots of leguminous plants. These bacteria have the enzyme nitrogenase, which converts atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, a form of nitrogen that plants can absorb and use for their growth.
When the animals breathe in nitrogen it goes into their bodies so when they die and decompose the nitrogen they breathed in is now in the soil and also when they fertilize on the land.
It's nitrogen fission of course
Through ingestion. Plants associate with thingies that live in the soil and give them nitrogen, that nitrogen goes up the food chain.