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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

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