Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (12th Edition) (What's New in Microbiology)
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Author: Ted R. Johnson, Christine L. Case
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The nitrogen cycle important to all forms of life.
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The process through which recycling of nitrogen takes place by a different organism known as the nitrogen cycle. Nitrogen is required by all organisms on earth to synthesize proteins,
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