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Bacteria fix nitrogen by taking the nitrogen in the air and turning it into a type of nitrogen that can be used by other organisms. This usually occurs in the form of ammonium.

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What chemical cycle uses bacteria to fix gases from the air?

The nitrogen cycle uses bacteria to fix atmospheric nitrogen gas into a form that plants can use, a process known as nitrogen fixation. This bacteria, such as Rhizobium and Azotobacter, convert nitrogen gas into ammonia through biological processes.


Which gas makes up most of the atmosphere but cannot be used until bacteria fix it?

nitrogen


Process in which bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas and releases it in to the atmosphere?

Converting nitrogen from a gas to a usable form by bacteria? It is either archaebacteria or eubacteria. I'm stuck on this exact question. My guess is archaebacteria since it is the most ancient bacteria. All forms of life use nitrogen and the beginning of life goes way back AARON T that's me


Can we use pure nitrogen gas as a nutrient?

No, not directly. There are bacteria that can fix Nitrogen out of the air and make it available as a nutrient but Nitrogen has to be in a compound form for it to be useful to most of the living things on Earth.


What organism fix nitrogen in soil?

Bacteria


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.)


What is bacteria turning usable nitrogen into nitrogen gas?

The process of bacteria turning usable nitrogen into nitrogen gas is called denitrification. This occurs when certain bacteria convert nitrates or nitrites back into nitrogen gas, which is released into the atmosphere. This can result in a loss of available nitrogen for plants and other organisms.


In the nitrogen cyclebacteria fix nitrogen from the atmosphere to form?

In the nitrogen cycle, bacteria fix nitrogen from the atmosphere to form ammonia. This ammonia can then be converted into nitrites and nitrates by other bacteria in the soil, which plants can absorb to use for growth. Nitrogen eventually returns to the atmosphere through denitrification by bacteria.


Why is bacteria critical to nitrogen cycle?

Because nitrifying bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in to chemical compounds. This nitrogen fixed by bacteria is utilized by plants in making proteins. Again several microbes including bacteria decompose organic matter in to inorganic compounds. Thus nitrogen cycle is maintained by the activity of bacteria, hence these are critical to nitrogen cycle.


Nitrogen is the most common element in the air. Why do bacteria play a role in the nitrogen cycle?

Several bacteria can fix the nitrogen fom atmosphere.


What gas makes up 78 percent of your atmosphere but can be used by plants only when transformed by bacteria first?

Nitrogen. The bacterial transformation is needed to break the triple bonds of diatomic atmospheric nitrogen, something plants can't do, so these bacteria fix the nitrogen into a usable form in exchange for plant sugar


What organism is responsible for changing nitrogen gas into nitrogen into solid nitrogen compounds?

Chemoautotrophs like Nitrogen fixing bacteria