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Nitrogen Fixation

Known as: Dinitrogen Fixation, Fixation, Nitrogen, Activities, Diazotrophic 
The process in which nitrogen is taken from its relatively inert molecular form (N2) in the atmosphere and converted into nitrogen compounds useful… 
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DiazotrophyNitrification inhibitorsNitrogenasePlant Root Nodulation

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nitrogen metabolism

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Review
2018
Review
2018
New Opportunities Opened by Nanosheets photocatalysts for Efficient N2 fixation
Please note that technical editing may introduce minor changes to the text and/or graphics, which may alter content. The journal… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The Correlation Between Extracellular Polysaccharide Production and Acid Tolerance in Rhizobium 1
Rhizobial isolates from six host genera (Cicer, Phaseolus, Leucaena, Lens, Melilotus and Trifolium) were screened for ability to… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
ISRm1: A Rhizobium meliloti insertion sequence that transposes preferentially into nitrogen fixation genes.
After transposon Tn5 mutagenesis, a high proportion of Rhizobium meliloti symbiotic mutants do not contain Tn5 insertions in… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Biology of Inorganic Nitrogen and Sulfur
General Introduction.- Microorganisms Involved in the Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles (With 2 Figures).- Nitrogen Metabolism in… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
New Trends in the Chemistry of Nitrogen Fixation
New trends in the chemistry of nitrogen fixation , New trends in the chemistry of nitrogen fixation… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The Effects of Methyl Viologen on Gloeocapsa sp. LB795 and Their Relationship to the Inhibition of Acetylene Reduction (Nitrogen Fixation) by Oxygen
Summary: Methyl viologen (10 μM) markedly inhibited acetylene reduction (nitrogen fixation) by old but not young cultures of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Nitrate reductase activities of rhizobia and the correlation between nitrate reduction and nitrogen fixation.
  • James R. ManhartP. Wong
  • Canadian Journal of Microbiology (print)
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 21296010
All species of Rhizobium except R. lupini had nitrate reductase activity. Only R. lupini was incapable of growth with nitrate as… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Recombinant plasmid that carries part of the nitrogen fixation (nif) gene cluster of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
We have cloned fragments of the Klebsiella pneumoniae genome that carry part of the his operon and part of the nitrogen fixation… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Non-symbiotic Nitrogen-fixing Organisms from Some New Zealand Tussock-grassland Soils
SUMMARY: The screening of several hundred isolates from tussock-grassland soils for nitrogen-fixing ability resulted in the… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The role of anaerobiosis in asymbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Microbial fixation of atmospheric nitrogen was measured in soil amended with ground wheat straw and incubated at two moisture…