Primarygun Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 What's the term for the process of bacteria decomposing organic matter into nitrogenous compounds? Decomposition or Resipiration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Decomposition. Respiration is the use of oxygen to make energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primarygun Posted December 26, 2004 Author Share Posted December 26, 2004 But aerobic respiration produces nitrogenous compound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Are you sure? I think CO2 is the waste product of aerobic respiration. Maybe you mean anaerobic respiration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primarygun Posted December 26, 2004 Author Share Posted December 26, 2004 In the decomposition stage in a sewage treatment, oxygen is added to encourage bacteria to carry out aerobic respiration to decompose organic substance into inorganic matter, such as mineral salts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Then how is nitrogen a direct waste product of respiration. In an STP, bacteria is breaking up nitrogen into component forms. A bacterium not in this environment would still carry out respiration. But would they produce nitrogenous by-products? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primarygun Posted December 26, 2004 Author Share Posted December 26, 2004 I don't know. I haven't learnt the respiration, now focusing on human and environment! Perhaps they are extremely active to decompose organic substance to release energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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