What would happen if all the nitrogen-fixing bacteria disappeared?

Answer 1

Life dependent on plants would die. The nitrogen fixing bacteria change nitrogen into a useable and they have a symbiotic relationship with plants. Plants need the nitrogen to synthesize amino acids. Without being able to synthesize amino acids, the plant would die and the other organisms dependent on it would starve/die off.

Answer 2

Stocks in synthetic fertilizer companies would skyrocket and you would have to develop a taste for alga pretty fast. If this is a test or homework question then the answer your looking is "all life on earth would end".

Answer 3

If all the nitrogen-fixing bacteria in a community died, it would cause a chain reaction which would cause all the other organisms in the community to eventually die themselves.

Answer 4

The plants would weaken then die and if all our plants die nothing else will produce oxygen so we would eventually die too.

Answer 5

There would be dead plants, animals, etc. everywhere, and plants would have a hard time growing, for the soil would not be full of nutrition.

Answer 6

There would be dead plants, animals, etc. everywhere, and plants would have a hard time growing, for the soil would not be full of nutrition.

Answer 7

There will be tremendous loss to the soil fertility as in the absence of nitrogen fixing bacteria nodulation in roots of plants will stop.

Answer 8

life dependent plants would die.