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September 25, 2015

The world's nitrogen fixation, explained
New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 25, 2015
Yale University scientists may have cracked a part of the chemical code for one of the most basic, yet mysterious, processes in the natural world - nature's ability to transform nitrogen from the air into usable nitrogen compounds. The process is called nitrogen fixation, and it occurs in microorganisms on the roots of plants. This is how nature makes its own fertilizers to feed plants, which feed us. The enzyme responsible for natural nitrogen fixation is called nitrogenase. Yale chemistry ... read more

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