What is mineralisation?

What is mineralisation?
  1. The release of inorganic nutrients
  2. The accumulation of a dark coloured amorphous substance
  3. The process of breaking down detritus into inorganic substances
  4. The process of breaking down detritus into nitrogen

Solution

Mineralisation refers to the release of inorganic nutrients that occurs when the humus is further degraded by some microbes.

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