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ni·tro·gen fix·a·tion

/ˈnītrəjən fikˈsāSHən/

noun
- 1. the chemical processes by which atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds, especially by certain microorganisms as part of the nitrogen cycle.
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Nitrogen fixation
Process which converts nitrogen from the air into compounds such as ammonia
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Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen is converted into ammonia. It occurs both biologically and abiologically in chemical industries. Biological nitrogen fixation or diazotrophy is catalyzed by enzymes called nitrogenases. These enzyme complexes are encoded by the Nif genes (or Nif homologs) and contain iron, often with a second metal (usually molybdenum, but somet... Wikipedia
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