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    The document describes the nitrogen cycle and key processes involved. The nitrogen cycle involves recycling nitrogen between the atmosphere, soil, plants, and other organisms. Key processes include nitrogen fixation which converts nitrogen in the atmosphere to nitrates, nitrification which converts ammonia to nitrates, assimilation where plants take up nitrogen and return waste nitrogen to the soil, and denitrification which returns nitrogen to the atmosphere from the soil. Several types of bacteria are involved in these nitrogen transformations.

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    The document describes the nitrogen cycle and key processes involved. The nitrogen cycle involves recycling nitrogen between the atmosphere, soil, plants, and other organisms. Key processes include nitrogen fixation which converts nitrogen in the atmosphere to nitrates, nitrification which converts ammonia to nitrates, assimilation where plants take up nitrogen and return waste nitrogen to the soil, and denitrification which returns nitrogen to the atmosphere from the soil. Several types of bacteria are involved in these nitrogen transformations.

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    Biogeochemical

    Cycles
    Cycle of the Biosphere
    • Our biosphere contains all of the minerals,
    water, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and other
    chemical materials necessary for life.
    • The biosphere is a closed system (no in and out)
    • Materials must be recycled
    • Solid, liquid and gas
    Nitrogen Cycle
    • There is abundance of nitrogen in the atmosphere. It
    Makes up 80% of the total volume of air.
    • Forms:

    Nitrate (NO )
    3 Ammonia (NH 3 )

    Ammonium (NH 4 ) Nitric oxide (NO)

    Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) Nitrous oxide (N 2 O)


    Nitrogen Cycle
    • The process by which nitrogen from the atmosphere is
    changed into nitrate (NO3) is called nitrogen fi xation.
    • Ammonia can be also produced from the decay of organic
    organism and is called ammonifi cation.
    • The conversion of ammonia to nitrate is called
    nitrifi cation.
    • Nitrogen assimilation is the process by which nitrogen
    is incorporated intro protein molecules by plants. Their
    waste returns nitrogen to the soil as urea and other
    compounds that are converted to ammonia.
    Nitrogen Cycle
    • Denitrifi cation is the process by which some bacteria
    cause nitrogen to return to the atmosphere by breaking
    down ammonia into the soil.

    • Rhizobium sp., Azotobacter, Anabaena, Cyanobacteria,


    Azospirillum, Nitrobacter, etc.

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