Nitrogen Mineralization Is the Process by Which

Nitrogen mineralization is the process by which

A) producers take up soil nitrogen and incorporate it into their tissues.
B) primary consumers ingest producers in the soil and absorb or excrete nitrogen from their tissues.
C) soil microbes produce organic nitrogen compounds from inorganic soil nitrogen.
D) soil microbes break down organic nitrogen into inorganic nitrogen.
E) nitrogen waste products in the soil are converted to atmospheric nitrogen by soil microbes.