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ECOLOGY•Activity8•LivingonEarth

SGI Ecology: Activity 8 • Living on Earth

The Nitrogen Cycle

Why is nitrogen important?

• Nitrogenisessentialtolivingorganisms

• Itisfoundinallaminoacids,whichmakeupproteins

• ItispartofDNAandRNA

Where does nitrogen come from?

• Nitrogenisfoundinmanychemicalforms(ammonia,nitrates,etc),onlysomeofwhichcanbeusedbyorganisms

• Nitrogenmakesup78%oftheair,butmostorganismscannotusenitrogendirectlyfromtheair

• Nitrogeniscycledbetweentheatmosphere,organisms,anddifferentreservoirsinaprocesscalledthenitrogencycle

• Duringthiscyclenitrogenistransformedintoseveralchemicalforms

The Nitrogen Cycle

Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria• Nitrogen‐fixingbacteriatransformatmosphericnitrogen(N2)intoammoniumcompounds(NH4

• Symbioticnitrogen‐fixingbacterialiveinrootsoflegumefamilyplant(soy‐beans,peanuts,etc)

• Othertypesofnitrogen‐fixingbacteriaarefoundinthesoil

Organisms and Nitrogen• Plantsandotherproducersassimilatenitrogen,transformingitfromnitrate(NO3

–)orammonium(NH4

+)ionstoformbiomass.

• Consumersobtainnitrogenfromeatingproducers,orfromeatingotherorganismsthathaveeatenproducers.

Decomposers and Nitrogen

• Decomposers,primarilybacteriaandfungi,breakdowndeadorganisms.

• Decomposerstransformnitrogenfromorganismsintoammonium(NH4

+)whichgoesintothesoil.

Nitrifying Bacteria

• Nitrifyingbacteriabreakdownammonium(NH4

+)intonitrite(NO2–)

andthenintonitrate(NO3

• Nitrate(NO3–)

isassimilatedbyorganismsortransformedbydenitrifyingbacteria

Denitrifying Bacteria

• Nitrate(NO3–)inthesoil

istransformedbydenitrifyingbacteriaintoatmosphericnitrogen(N2).

• DenitrifyingbacteriaalsoproduceN2O,whichcontributestothegreenhouseeffect.

Atmospheric Nitrogen

• Atmosphericnitrogen(N2)cannotbeuseddirectlybymostproducersorconsumersandmustbetransformedbybacteria.

Leaching• Nitrateionsarelostfromthesoilthroughleaching.

• Water‐solublenitrateionsmovewithwaterthroughthesoilandcancontaminatenearbygroundwaterorbodiesofwater.

• Leachingcanleadtopoorsoilconditionsandeutrophicationofcontaminatedwaterbodies.

The Nitrogen Cycle

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