Tag Archives | The Phosphorus Cycle

Phosphorus is one of the most important constituent of several important compounds always present in organisms. It occurs both in organic (nucleic acids, nucleoproteins, phospholipids, etc.) and inorganic (phosphate) forms in the living organisms. Animals possessing bones have large amount of phosphorus in its inorganic form. However, phosphorus is added to soil through chemical fertilizers, excrete and organism- residues. Though [...]