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Categories: Articles with short description, Nitrogen cycle, Metabolism, Soil biology, Plant physiology

nitrogen fixation biological nitrogen fixation "fixing" nitrogen Diazotrophy fixed nitrogen

The assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria WordNet 3.0

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The assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen, which has a strong triple covalent bond, is converted into ammonia or related nitrogenous compounds, typically in soil or aquatic systems but also in industry. Wikipedia

A process by which nitrogen is converted from its inert molecular form to a compound more readily available and useful to living organisms Wikipedia Disambiguation

Process which converts nitrogen from the air into compounds such as ammonia Wikidata

A process in which atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by a pair of bacterial enzymes called nitrogenase. OmegaWiki

Assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by a variety of microorganisms which live freely in soil. OmegaWiki

The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and organic derivatives, by natural means, especially such conversion, by microorganisms in the soil, into a form that can be assimilated by plants. Wiktionary

The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

organic process

HAS PART

biological nitrogen fixation

PART OF

nitrogen cycle

HAS KIND

Frankia

HAS INSTANCE

Birkeland–Eyde process

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