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Energy cost of biological nitrogen fixation

Energy cost of biological nitrogen fixation

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December 1982
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handle:10568/82224
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Biological nitrogen (N2) fixation in both free-living and symbiotic organisms is an energy-requiring process dependent upon a supply of carbon and energy. In this paper the energy costs for N2 fixation and nodule respiration in symbiotic systems are compared with those of free-living N2-fixing systems, with the theoretical energy requierement for N2 fixation, and with the cost of utilization of combined N.

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Neves, Maria Cristina Prata

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