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Diazotrophs are
bacteria and
archaea that fix
atmospheric nitrogen (N2) in the
atmosphere into
bioavailable forms such as ammonia. A
diazotroph is a microorganism...
- to rhizobia. Many
other species of
bacteria are able to fix
nitrogen (
diazotrophs), but few are able to ****ociate
intimately with
plants and
colonize specific...
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aquatic ferns such as Azolla.
Looser non-symbiotic
relationships between diazotrophs and
plants are
often referred to as ****ociative, as seen in nitrogen...
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formation of
nodules on the
roots of the
plant that
contain endosymbiotic diazotrophs,
which fix
atmospheric nitrogen and
convert it into a form that is usable...
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useful for
ecological stability and for
human society. For example,
diazotrophs have the
ability to fix
nitrogen gas
using the
enzyme nitrogenase. This...
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phycobiliprotein which is
normally found within heterocysts in
other diazotrophs.
Instead of
having localized stacks of thylakoids, Tri****smium has...
- of
strains can fix
nitrogen in
anaerobic conditions. As a free-living
diazotroph, its nitrogen-fixation
system has been much-studied, and is of agricultural...
- Azotobacter, they can
biologically fix
nitrogen under aerobic conditions (
diazotrophs).
Bacteria of the
genus Azomonas are
known to form
intracellular inclusions...
- (nitrogen fixation). In
addition to
being a
model organism for
studying diazotrophs, it is used by
humans for the
production of biofertilizers, food additives...
- the
cells are
usually rod-shaped. Many
species of the
Rhizobiaceae are
diazotrophs which are able to fix
nitrogen and are
symbiotic with
plant roots. Rhizobiaceae...
