but only a few taxa of bacteria have evolved the capacity to convert atmospheric dinitrogen gas, N 2, into assimilable forms of nitrogen, a process known as biological nitrogen fixation.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology 30, 1003-1009 (1975). National Research Council. Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Research Challenges.Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1994. Postgate ...

When supplemental N is applied to soybean, the plants essentially “get lazy” because it is easier to take up the supplemental N than it is to establish a symbiotic relationship with soil microbes. For ...

Diazotrophs, special types of bacteria that occur in nature, have a unique ability to turn atmospheric nitrogen gas into ...

"The goal is to place genes into the crops' mitochondria and chloroplast, enabling them to generate sufficient energy to drive nitrogen fixation," Yang says. "This is a pretty cool piece of evidence.

Greening valleys in Svalbard attract more migratory birds, including large flocks of geese. This may have two environmental ...