Abstract
Nitrate is a central nitrogen species in the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle because it is mobile, a biological oxidant, and a nitrogen source fpr growth for many organisms. As a result it has many competing fates as illustrated in Figure 1.
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Tiedje, J.M. (1981). Use of Nitrogen-13 and Nitrogen-15 in Studies on the Dissimilatory Fate of Nitrate. In: Lyons, J.M., Valentine, R.C., Phillips, D.A., Rains, D.W., Huffaker, R.C. (eds) Genetic Engineering of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Conservation of Fixed Nitrogen. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3953-3_39
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