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| {{otheruses|Remineralization (disambiguation)}}
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| {{expert-subject|Molecular and Cellular Biology|ex2=Chemistry|date=November 2008}}
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| In [[biogeochemistry]], '''remineralisation''' (UK spelling; US '''remineralization''') refers to the transformation of [[organic molecule]]s to [[inorganic]] forms, typically mediated by biological activity.<ref name=sarmiento>{{cite book | last1=Sarmiento | first1=J.L. | last2=Gruber | first2=N. | title=Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics | year=2006 | publisher=Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA }}</ref>
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| Usually remineralisation relates to organic and inorganic molecules involving biologically important elements such as [[carbon]], [[nitrogen]] and [[phosphorus]]. For example, the following simplified equation shows the complete remineralisation of organic material with a standard [[Redfield ratio]] to oxidised inorganic minerals such as [[carbon dioxide]], [[nitrate]] (nitric acid) and [[phosphate]] (phosphoric acid).<ref name=sarmiento/>
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| <center> (C<sub>106</sub>H<sub>124</sub>O<sub>36</sub>) (NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>16</sub> (H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>) + 150 O<sub>2</sub> <math>\rightarrow</math> 106 CO<sub>2</sub> + 16 HNO<sub>3</sub> + H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> + 78 H<sub>2</sub>O + ''energy'' </center>
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| In reality, such complete remineralisation is likely to involve several stages each involving different [[organism]]s and [[metabolic pathway]]s. For example, in the case of nitrogen, its transformation from [[ammonia]] (NH<sub>3</sub>) in the equation above, to nitrate involves the process of [[nitrification]], usually mediated by a series of bacteria.<ref name=dugdale>{{cite journal | last1=Dugdale | first1=R.C. | last2=Goering | first2=J.J. | year=1967 | url=http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_12/issue_2/0196.pdf | title=Uptake of new and regenerated forms of nitrogen in primary productivity | journal=Limnol. Oceanogr. | volume=12 | pages=196–206 | doi=10.4319/lo.1967.12.2.0196}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Biological pump]]
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| * [[Decomposition]]
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| * [[f-ratio]]
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| * [[John D. Hamaker]] (soil remineralisation)
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| * [[Mineralization (biology)|Mineralization]]
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| == References ==
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| === Further reading ===
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| * Nixon, S. W. (1981). ''Remineralization and nutrient cycling in coastal marine ecosystems''. In: Neilson, B. J., Cronin, L. E. (eds.) Estuaries and nutrients. Humana Press, Clifton, New York, pp. 11
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| [[Category:Geochemistry]]
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| [[Category:Biogeochemistry]]
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