Microorganisms require inorganic nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate to support cell growth and sustain biodegradation processes.

In practice, the portion of the abiotic environment of most concern to ecosystem ecologists is inorganic nutrients and energy.

When inorganic nutrients are applied to the soil, however, the nutrients' drainage in anthrosol exceeds that in fertilized Ferralsol.

As autotrophs, phytoplankton abundance is strongly influenced by the concentration of inorganic nutrients, such as nitrogenous compounds.

Seaweeds and similar species can extract these inorganic nutrients directly from their environment.

It exports inorganic nutrients and imports particulate organic carbon and nitrogen through the Strait of Otranto-acting as a mineralization site.

It was also recently evidenced that bacterial communities can impact mineral stability leading to the release of inorganic nutrients.

It applied a liquid complex of organic and inorganic nutrients and supplements to a soil sample, first with just nutrients added, then with water added too.

The marine food chain is based on photosynthesis by marine phytoplankton which combine carbon with inorganic nutrients to produce organic matter.

Xylem cells transport water and inorganic nutrients through the plant; phloem cells transport sugarary fluids and other biological molecules.