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Nitrates plant protein Animal eat plant : organic N animal protein Waste matter/dead plants & animals ammonium compounds Ammonia nitrites (NO2-) nitrates(NO3-)
Nitrosomonas sp. Nitrobacter sp.
Nitrogen is returned to the atm by denitrifying bacteria through denitrification Nitrates gaseous nitrogen + oxygen
By bacteria Returned to atm Used by bact
Nitrogen cycle
2) Saprophytic bacteria
Saprophytic bacteria and fungi return the nutrients to the atm, soil and water Without them, the nutrients stored in the dead bodies cannot be used to enrich the soil, soil would become less fertile and can no longer sustain plant life and the community on the whole.
3) Mutualistic protozoa
Termites cannot produce enzyme cellulase to digest cellulose (in wood) Trichonympha sp. are present in the alimentary canal of the termites. They secretes cellulase which help to digest the cellulose
4) Symbiotic bacteria
Found in the human colon They synthesise vitamin B12 and K
FOOD AND WATER -contaminated w mo -faeces of infected -Unwashed hand (typhoid n cholera)
VECTORS -cockroaches, mosquitoes, fliescarriers -malaria caused by Plasmodium carried by Anopheles sp.
Methods in the transmission of diseases AIRBORNE & DROPLET TRANSMISSION - Respiratory system - Cough, sneeze (colds) - -spores of pathogens (tuberculosis)
DIRECT CONTACT - Skin: towels, bedlinens clothing of infected person - Sexual intercourse
ANTIBIOTICS - Pennicillin & streptomycin - Chemical subs produced by mo - Used to kill other mo
VACCINES -Modified or weakened viruses or suspensions of dead bacteria - Inoculated into the body to induce the production
DISINFECTANTS - Solution used to kill mo on the surfaces - Sterilise surgical equipments - Phenol, formmaldehyde, carbolic acid