"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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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 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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Biodegradation of hexabromocyclododecane by Rhodopseudomonas palustris YSC3 strain: A free-living nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated in Taiwan. Chemosphere. 2020 May; 246:125621.
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Microalgal cultivation for biofertilization in rice plants using a vertical semi-closed airlift photobioreactor. PLoS One. 2018; 13(9):e0203456.
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Associative nitrogen fixation (ANF) in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) across a nitrogen input gradient. PLoS One. 2018; 13(6):e0197320.
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N-fixation in legumes--An assessment of the potential threat posed by ozone pollution. Environ Pollut. 2016 Jan; 208(Pt B):909-18.
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Effects of nano-ZnO on the agronomically relevant Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Sci Total Environ. 2014 Nov 01; 497-498:78-90.
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Effects of nano-TiO2 on the agronomically-relevant Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jan 01; 466-467:503-12.