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- Soil bacteria, or rhizobia, are able to perform biological nitrogen fixation in which atmospheric nitrogen gas (N 2) is converted into the ammonia (NH 3) that plants are able to use to synthesize proteins.
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Recovering NH 3 from microorganisms that fix nitrogen gas (N 2) may provide a sustainable alternative because their specialized nitrogenase enzymes can reduce N 2 to ammonium (NH 4+) without the need for high temperature and pressure.
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These organisms utilize the enzyme nitrogenase to catalyze the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen (N 2) to ammonia (NH 3). Plants can readily assimilate NH 3 to produce the aforementioned...
Dec 24, 2022 · Soil bacteria, or rhizobia, are able to perform biological nitrogen fixation in which atmospheric nitrogen gas (N 2) is converted into the ammonia (NH 3) that plants are able to use to synthesize proteins.
Aug 11, 2020 · The objective of this minireview is to highlight the agronomic importance of BNF, a non-polluting and cost-effective way to improve soil fertility and crop production. It presents summary of major processes of nitrogen cycle, nitrogen fixation mechanisms, and the contribution of BNF to agriculture.
- Abdoulaye Soumare, Abdala G. Diedhiou, Moses Thuita, Mohamed Hafidi, Yedir Ouhdouch, Subramaniam Gop...
- 10.3390/plants9081011
- 2020
- Plants (Basel). 2020 Aug; 9(8): 1011.
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen (N 2) is converted into ammonia (NH 3). [1] It occurs both biologically and abiologically in chemical industries. Biological nitrogen fixation or diazotrophy is catalyzed by enzymes called nitrogenases. [2]
Nov 28, 2022 · Nitrogenase performs a complex, multielectron reduction to convert dinitrogen into ammonia; this intricate catalytic reaction still perplexes scientists. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of the molybdenum nitrogenase system, limitations of contemporary approaches, and future directions for experimental and computational studies.
Aug 1, 2004 · Some bacteria have the remarkable capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia under ambient conditions, a reaction only mimicked on an industrial scale by a chemical process that requires...
