Phenomena and Processes [G] » Chemical Phenomena [G02] » Biochemical Phenomena » Nitrogen Cycle
Phenomena and Processes [G] » Chemical Phenomena [G02] » Organic Chemistry Phenomena » Nitrogen Cycle
Phenomena and Processes [G] » Biological Phenomena [G16] » Ecological and Environmental Phenomena » Nitrogen Cycle
Description
The circulation of nitrogen in nature, consisting of a cycle of biochemical reactions in which atmospheric nitrogen is compounded, dissolved in rain, and deposited in the soil, where it is assimilated and metabolized by animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi, eventually returning to the atmosphere by bacterial decomposition of organic matter. MeSH
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