Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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The incapability of all living organisms to fix its own nitrogen.

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Nitrogen is a vital factor for plant growth and development. It is a part of chlorophyll, the most significant pigment required for photosynthesis. Although it is one of the most abundant elements, plants can only use reduced forms of this element. Bacteria and Archaea fix the nitrogen by reducing it to ammonia.

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