Preferred term
organic nitrogen
Definition
- [GEMET] Essential nutrient of the food supply of plants and the diets of animals. Animals obtain it in nitrogen-containing compounds, particularly aminoacids. Although the atmosphere is nearly 80% gaseous nitrogen, very few organisms have the ability to use it in this form. The higher plants normally obtain it from the soil after microorganisms have converted the nitrogen into ammonia or nitrates, which they can then absorb. This conversion of nitrogen, known as nitrogen fixation, is essential for the formation of amino acids which, in turn, are the building blocks of proteins.
Broader concept
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- نيتروجين عضوي
Bulgarian
- Органичен азот
Croatian
- organski dušik
Czech
- dusík organický
Danish
- organisk nitrogen
Dutch
- organisch gebonden stikstof
Estonian
- orgaaniline lämmastik
Finnish
- orgaaninen typpi
French
- azote organique
German
- Organischer Stickstoff
Greek
- οργανικό άζωτο
Hungarian
- szerves nitrogén
Italian
- azoto organico
Latvian
- organiskais slāpeklis
Lithuanian
- organinis azotas
Norwegian
- organisk nitrogen
Polish
- azot organiczny
Portuguese
- azoto orgânico
Romanian
- azot organic
Slovak
- organický dusík
Slovenian
- organski dušik
Spanish
- nitrógeno orgánico
Swedish
- organiskt kväve
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20844