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> possibly other lifeforms to thrive. They certainly require other lifeforms. The vast majority of plants depend on microbes for nitrogen fixation.
by throwup238 2y ago
> possibly other lifeforms to thrive.
They certainly require other lifeforms. The vast majority of plants depend on microbes for nitrogen fixation.
- jbotz 2y agoThis is not correct. Most plants get their N from nitrates or ammonia salts, and only some plants (mostly leguminous ones) use a direct symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to produce these from atmospheric N2. Most of the N in natural ecosystems comes from decay of proteins (from vegetable or animal origin), and in agriculture of course it is added as fertilizer.