nitrate assimilation
The nitrogen metabolic process that encompasses the uptake of nitrate from the environment and reduction to ammonia, and results in the incorporation of nitrogen derived from nitrate into cellular substances.
GO:0042126
nitrate metabolic process
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GO:0071941
nitrogen cycle metabolic process
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GO:7770097
nutrient assimilation
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assimilatory nitrate reduction
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