Concept information
Preferred term
Nitrogen Cycle
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Ammonification
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 2011
In other languages
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Finnish
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typenkierto
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typpikierto
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Swedish
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Kvävets kretslopp
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058458
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