Talk:Trace element

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Untitled

I Have to restore previous situation because different topics must be in different articles. Solution would be to make articles "Trace element (biochemistry)" and "Trace element (geochemistry)". Siim 19:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Split into respective areas

Would it not make more sense to put the trace minerals in their respective areas or two of the three respective areas, and merge the remainder into another article? Chris 17:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: merger with dietary mineral

Oppose - Even the dietary mineral article divides into two groups of which trace elements are one. trace elements are by definition those that occur in very small concentrations, thus could be any mineral or actually any chemical element. Whereas a dietary mineral specifically is one element those that is needed as nutrient.Benkeboy 20:20, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added it to the Geology project, but I have a strong feeling that this article should be split.Solarapex 03:52, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maintenance

This seems like quite an important page and I am surprised it has been given almost no attention for the past 10 years (at least on the talk page)! What can be done now, in terms of small steps and edits, to improve this page? TheTechnicLord (talk) 11:09, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata mess

This article is linked to the same item as de:Spurenelement, which is about essential trace elements. Same for the Italian article. The French article is aligned with the English one. Skimming through some other languages I don't speak it looks like the majority is about the chemistry, with German and Italian as outliers. Unfortunately Essential trace element is a redirect, and Mineral (nutrient) has corresponding German and Italian articles. A new Wikidata item for these two, adding the English redirect? --mfb (talk) 09:45, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

biochemistry in microorganisms

In some microorganisms Ni has an important biological function, for example in form of the cofactor F430 (necessary for methanogenesis) or in Ni-Fe-hydrogenases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.248.1.6 (talk) 12:05, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]