Nitrogen fixation converts atmospheric nitrogen into forms plants can use, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers. This ...

“The blueprint that nature gives us is that eukaryotes acquire nitrogen fixation by endosymbiosis.” Thus, studying the relationship between photosynthetic algae and their nitrogen-fixing endosymbionts ...

Nitrogen fixation, where atmospheric nitrogen gas is ... These bacteria are also known to be symbionts living within the unicellular algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii and its relatives.

This “greening” of the water column has caused decreased levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) in bottom waters as planktonic algae die and ... to global nitrogen fixation rates is generally ...

bigelowii for essential functions like amino acid and pyrimidine biosynthesis and for nitrogen fixation. “Seeing flavodoxin in there was really surprising,” Coale said. Flavodoxin is a redox protein ...

Scientists have long cited reactive nitrogen for creating harmful algal blooms ... a process known as nitrogen fixation. These specialized bacteria exist in free-living states on land and in ...

These algae blooms and dead zones are now on the ... The twin developments of phosphorus mining and artificial nitrogen fixation marked an underappreciated turning point in the story of humanity.