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When an organism dies, what happens to the nitrogen in its body?

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Nitrogenous compounds from dead organisms or wastes are converted into ammonia— NH3​start text, N, H, end text, start subscript, 3, end subscript—by bacteria, and the ammonia is converted into nitrites and nitrates.

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Its converted to ammonium ions

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