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    The nitrogen cycle describes the process by which nitrogen is circulated between living and non-living components of the biosphere. It involves four main steps: (1) nitrogen fixation, where atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen compounds that plants can use, either through lightning or by nitrogen-fixing bacteria; (2) nitrogen assimilation, where inorganic nitrogen is incorporated into organic compounds that become part of living organisms; (3) denitrification, where bacteria convert nitrates back to nitrogen gas; (4) the nitrogen circulates continuously through this cycle, which is essential for life as nitrogen is a component of proteins, vitamins, and nucleic acids in all living things.

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    The nitrogen cycle describes the process by which nitrogen is circulated between living and non-living components of the biosphere. It involves four main steps: (1) nitrogen fixation, where atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen compounds that plants can use, either through lightning or by nitrogen-fixing bacteria; (2) nitrogen assimilation, where inorganic nitrogen is incorporated into organic compounds that become part of living organisms; (3) denitrification, where bacteria convert nitrates back to nitrogen gas; (4) the nitrogen circulates continuously through this cycle, which is essential for life as nitrogen is a component of proteins, vitamins, and nucleic acids in all living things.

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    The nitrogen cycle describes the process by which nitrogen is circulated between living and non-living components of the biosphere. It involves four main steps: (1) nitrogen fixation, where atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen compounds that plants can use, either through lightning or by nitrogen-fixing bacteria; (2) nitrogen assimilation, where inorganic nitrogen is incorporated into organic compounds that become part of living organisms; (3) denitrification, where bacteria convert nitrates back to nitrogen gas; (4) the nitrogen circulates continuously through this cycle, which is essential for life as nitrogen is a component of proteins, vitamins, and nucleic acids in all living things.

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    The nitrogen cycle describes the process by which nitrogen is circulated between living and non-living components of the biosphere. It involves four main steps: (1) nitrogen fixation, where atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen compounds that plants can use, either through lightning or by nitrogen-fixing bacteria; (2) nitrogen assimilation, where inorganic nitrogen is incorporated into organic compounds that become part of living organisms; (3) denitrification, where bacteria convert nitrates back to nitrogen gas; (4) the nitrogen circulates continuously through this cycle, which is essential for life as nitrogen is a component of proteins, vitamins, and nucleic acids in all living things.

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    NITROGENCYCLE

    Aircontainsabout78%nitrogenin
    atmosphere.Waterbodiesalso
    containnitrogen.Nitrogenisan
    essentialcomponentofproteins,
    vitaminsandnucleicacidswhichare
    presentinalllivingsthings,The
    cyclicprocessbywhichnitrogen
    elementiscirculatedcontinuously
    throughthelivingandnonliving
    componentsofthebiosphereiscalled
    nitrogencycle.
    Nitrogencyclehasthe
    followingsteps:
    1.Nitrogenfixation
    2.Nitrogenassimilation
    3.Denirification
    Nitrogenfixation
    Itistwotypes:
    1.AtmosphereNitrogenFixation:Duringlightningintheskywhen
    tem.Ishigh,thenitrogengaspresentintheatmospherereacts
    withoxygentoproduceoxidesofnitrogenwhichgetsdissolvedin
    rainwaterformingdilutenitricacid.Thisreactswithalkaliesof
    thesoiltoformnitrogen.
    2.BiologicalNitrogenFixation:Atmospherenitrogenisconverted
    intonitrogencompoundbylivingorganisms.Nitrogenfixing
    bacterialikeRhizobiumandClostridium,whichlivesintheroot
    nodulesofleguminousplantscovertatmospherenitrogeninto
    nitrates.
    Nitrogenassimilation
    Inorganicnitrogenouscompoundsare
    convertedintoorganiccompoundsthat
    becomeapartoflivingorganisms.This
    conservationofinorganiccompoundsinto
    organiccompoundsiscallednitrogen
    assimilation.Thepantsabsorbnitrogenous
    compoundfromthesoilandwaterconvert
    themintoplantproteins.

    Denitrification
    Theconversionofnitratessaltwhichis
    presentinthesoiltofreenitrogengasis
    callddenitrification.ItisCarriedoutinthe
    soilbybacteriacalledPseudomonas.

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