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Nitrogen Cycle Definitions
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- 1NH3Ammonia gas
- 2NH4+Ammonium solid. One of the forms of N taken up by plants.
- 3NO2-Nitrite. Toxic to plants, reaction from NH4+ to NO2- to NO3- is very quick.
- 4NO3-Nitrate. One of the forms of N taken up by plants.
- 5N FixationProcess by which gaseous elemental N is chemically combined with H to form ammonia (NH3)
- 6ImmobilizationThe conversion of an element from the inorganic to the organic form in microbial tissues or in plant tissues, rendering it unavailable to plants
- 7DenitrificationThe biochemical reduction of nitrate or nitrite to gaseous N, either as N2 or as an oxide of N
- 8MineralizationThe conversion of an element from an organic form to an inorganic state as a result of microbial decomposition
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