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Nitrogen Fixation in Seawater

Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 1974
Summary. The acetylene reduction technique was used for a 3‐year period to monitor potential nitrogen fixation by aerobic heterotrophic bacteria in the sea 2 miles offshore in Cardigan Bay. Samples from depths down to 15 m were membrane‐filtered and the residues incubated aerobically or anaerobically in acetylene‐containing gas mixtures in sealed ...
Muriel E. Rhodes, D. D. Wynn-Williams
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Biological Nitrogen Fixation

Annual Review of Nutrition, 1993
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the process of the reduction of dinitrogen from the air to ammonia carried out by a large number of species of free-living and symbiotic microbes called diazotrophs. BNF presents an inexpensive and environmentally sound, sustainable approach to crop production and constitutes one of the most important Plant Growth ...
Gary P. Roberts, Robert H. Burris
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Nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria

2008
Cyanobacteria are oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria that are widespread in marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments, and many of them are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen. However, ironically, nitrogenase, the enzyme that is responsible for the reduction of N2, is extremely sensitive to O2. Therefore, oxygenic photosynthesis and N2 fixation
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Nitrogen Fixation

1995
Publisher Summary The conversion of the inert nitrogen molecule into combined nitrogen that can be utilized as a mineral nutrient is brought about either by reduction to ammonia or oxidation to nitrate. This conversion, also referred to as fixation, is highly energy consuming. This is the main focus of this chapter.
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The Pathways of Nitrogen Fixation

1972
Publisher Summary Biological nitrogen fixation is the enzymic reduction of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia. Along with the scientific interest of nitrogen fixation as a fundamental biochemical reaction, it is also of great ecological and agricultural importance because it is the most important source of the metabolizable nitrogen needed by all living
Raymond C. Valentine, John R. Benemann
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Enzymology of nitrogen fixation

Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 1984
Abstract Progress made during the last eight years with respect to the nature and function of the Fe/S clusters present in nitrogenase seems to be impressive. However recent developments may change the picture completely and lead to further research into the molecular mechanism of action of nitrogenase.
Haaker, H., Veeger, C.
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The fixation of nitrogen

Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1962
Abstract A theory of N 2 -fixation is developed, based on a consideration of the energy changes involved, in which N 2 is incorporated into an organic molecule. This leads to an explanation of hydrogenase activity and the effect of O 2 in aerobic N 2 -fixers, the absence of inorganic intermediates and the role of organic acids.
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Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrogen Fertilization of Soybeans

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 1996
Abstract In pot experiments with (15)N labelled soil and mineral (15)N, the influence of Bradyrhizobium (Rhizobium japonicum) inoculation and N fertilization on the symbiotic N(2) fixation and yield of soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merill., cv. 'Fiskeby V'] was investigated.
H J Jacob, W Merbach
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Biological nitrogen fixation.

2002
This paper discusses the processes of nodulation and nitrogen fixation among Leguminosae tree species usually used in different agroforestry systems. Also included are the microbiological methods for studying rhizobia, the different methods used in determining whether a legume could fix nitrogen, isotope-based methods for nitrogen fixation measurement,
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Overview of Nitrogen Fixation

1977
The assignment to give an overview of biological N2 fixation implies that we should spend a little time in discussing the history of the subject. It is somewhat over 90 years now since Hellriegel and Wilfarth clearly indicated that biological N2 fixation occurs in leguminous plants.
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