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In the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen can return to the lithosphere directly from the atmosphere by

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a small amount of nitrogen is fixed by lightning, but most of the nitrogen harvested from the atmosphere is removed by nitrogen-fixing bacteria and cyanobacteria (formerly called blue-green algae). The nitrogen cycle transforms diatomic nitrogen gas into ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite compounds.

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