How does the recycling of elements take place?

Contributed by:
kevin
Elements are recycled in Nature and re-used by living organisms. In many cases, living organisms use these elements so much that they cannot get enough of the elements - they are thus a limiting factor for growth - and so the rate at which they are recycled is critical.
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