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Microbiological Phenomena > Nitrogen Fixation
Metabolism > Autotrophic Processes > Nitrogen Fixation
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Autotrophic Processes > Nitrogen Fixation
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Nitrogen Cycle > Nitrogen Fixation
Chemical Phenomena > Organic Chemistry Phenomena > Nitrogen Cycle > Nitrogen Fixation
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Nitrogen Cycle > Nitrogen Fixation

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Nitrogen Fixation  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Activities, Diazotrophic
  • Activity, Diazotrophic
  • Diazotrophic Activities
  • Diazotrophic Activity
  • Dinitrogen Fixation
  • Fixation, Dinitrogen
  • Fixation, N2
  • N2 Fixation

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009586

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