Nitrification by plants that also fix nitrogen
Article Abstract:
Legumes that accumulate the toxin, 3-nitropropionic acid, generate oxidized inorganic nitrogen in their shoots, which is returned to the soil in their litter. Field experiments suggest that nitrogen-fixing legumes often occur in nitrogen-deficient ecosystems or ecosystems where chemoautotrophic nitrification is compromised.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
United States, Nitrogen-fixing plants
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Amino-acid cycling drives nitrogen fixation in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis
Article Abstract:
The mechanism of the symbiotic relationship between bacterium nodes and legumes is examined. The plant provides amino acids to the bacterium, which in turn act as organelles to recycle amino acids back to the plant.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Botany, Physiological aspects, Symbiosis, Bacteria
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Subjects list: Research, Legumes, Mimosaceae, Beans
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