gen ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁transport ed ▁to ▁the ▁plant ▁via ▁this ▁path way . ▁The ▁transport ▁of ▁in organ ic ▁nit ro gen ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁am mon ium ▁and ▁the ▁transport ▁of ▁organ ic ▁nit ro gen ▁as ▁am ino ▁ac ids ▁most ▁likely ▁will ▁occur ▁simultaneously ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁species ▁and ▁or ▁organ ism , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁abund ance ▁of ▁different ▁nit ro gen ous ▁species ▁in ▁the ▁soil , ▁F och i ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁along ▁with ▁D ear n ale y ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁suggest ▁that ▁am ino ▁ac ids ▁may ▁in ▁fact ▁be ▁the ▁primary ▁nit ro gen ▁comp ound ▁transferred ▁to ▁orch ids , ▁evidence ▁for ▁this ▁coming ▁from ▁is ot op ic ▁r ati os ▁of ▁en rich ed ▁C 1 3 ▁and ▁N 1 5 ▁within ▁plants ▁associated ▁with ▁my cor rh iz al ▁fung i , ▁but ▁more ▁research ▁is ▁needed ▁to ▁fully ▁understand ▁this ▁transport ▁relationship . ▁ ▁Car bon ▁transport ▁ ▁A part ▁from ▁the ▁unique ▁pel ot on ▁structures ▁which ▁transfer ▁nit ro gen ▁and ▁ph osph orus ▁from ▁my cor rh iz al ▁fung i ▁to ▁orch id ▁plants ▁the ▁transfer ▁of ▁these ▁nut ri ents , ▁as ▁discussed ▁above ▁is ▁almost ▁identical ▁to ▁that ▁observed ▁in ▁ar bus cular ▁my cor rh iza ▁and ▁er ico id ▁my cor rh iza , ▁but ▁when ▁it ▁comes ▁to ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁most ▁fundamental ▁element ▁involved ▁in ▁my cor rh iz al ▁transport ▁carbon