nitrogen fixation: Quick Facts

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Colorful diagram of the nitrogen cycle showing how nitrogen moves through the atmosphere, biosphere, and soil. It illustrates natural processes like nitrogen fixation, assimilation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification, as well as human activities such as fertilizer use and industrial emissions, with arrows and labels connecting elements like plants, animals, bacteria, and factories.

Industrial chemical plant with large metal tanks, pipes, and towers emitting steam, used for producing ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer.

Diagram illustrating the nitrogen cycle, showing how nitrogen moves between the atmosphere, biosphere, and soil through natural processes like nitrogen fixation, assimilation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification, as well as through human activities such as fertilizer use and industrial emissions. Blue arrows indicate natural activities, and red arrows indicate human activities.

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Sergey Nikolayevich Winogradsky

Russian microbiologist