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.
    

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Research on the nitrogen cycle : a sixth form study resource.

Our nutrient world : the challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution / prepared by M.A. Sutton [and others] ; with contributions from S. Ayyappan [and others].

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Research on the nitrogen cycle : a sixth form study resource.

Our nutrient world : the challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution / prepared by M.A. Sutton [and others] ; with contributions from S. Ayyappan [and others].