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The fixing of nitrogen is an important part of the nitrogen cycle. Nitrogen fixing bacteria fix the nitrogen back into the atmosphere.
Nitrogen fixing bacteria that live in root nodules of members of the legume family of plants. Some Nitrogen is also fixed during lightning strikes.
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Before humans the main path is from Nitrogen fixing bacteria found in the roots of many plants and from lightning creating nitrogen oxides that are then washed down with the rain. In modern times more than half the nitrogen fixed is from the application of artificial fertiisers and from air polution.
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The Encyclopedia Britannica has a lot of great information on nitrogen fixing bacteria. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica nitrogen fixing bacteria are microorganisms capable of transforming atmospheric nitrogen into fixed nitrogen.
No. Plants cannot use elemental nitrogen. The nitrogen must first be fixed, either by lightning or by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Some plants have such bacteria in their roots.
The fixing of nitrogen is an important part of the nitrogen cycle. Nitrogen fixing bacteria fix the nitrogen back into the atmosphere.
Nitrogen fixing bacteria that live in root nodules of members of the legume family of plants. Some Nitrogen is also fixed during lightning strikes.
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lightening bolts ionized air molecules and create nitrogen compounds which are then carried by rain water down to the earth. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria would be responsible for the greatest bulk of fixed nitrogen.
Nitrogen fixation is the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen, N2, into some biological form, such as ammonia, NH3, or nitrogen dioxide, NO2. In nature, this process is most often completed by nitrogen-fixing bacteria or diazotrophs. Nitrogen fixation is important because only fixed nitrogen can be used for basic biological substances such as proteins and nucleic acids.
Why does atmospheric nitrogen need to be converted?
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