"Nitrogen Fixation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The process in certain BACTERIA; FUNGI; and CYANOBACTERIA converting free atmospheric NITROGEN to biologically usable forms of nitrogen, such as AMMONIA; NITRATES; and amino compounds.
Descriptor ID |
D009586
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MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.071.630 G02.111.587.750 G02.607.560.750 G03.087.630 G06.625 G16.500.768.600
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Concept/Terms |
Nitrogen Fixation- Nitrogen Fixation
- Fixation, Nitrogen
- Dinitrogen Fixation
- Fixation, Dinitrogen
- N2 Fixation
- Fixation, N2
- Diazotrophic Activity
- Activities, Diazotrophic
- Activity, Diazotrophic
- Diazotrophic Activities
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2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nitrogen Fixation" by people in Profiles.
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Kaufusi PH, Forsberg LS, Tittabutr P, Borthakur D. Regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis in Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 involves an alternative sigma factor gene, rpoH2. Microbiology (Reading). 2004 Oct; 150(Pt 10):3473-82.