Heterocyst: A specialised cell formed from vegetative cells that provides a microoxic environment for nitrogen fixation. Nitrogenase: An oxygen-sensitive enzyme complex responsible for converting ...

Food productivity is dependent on the availability of fertilizer, says Utah State University biochemist Lance Seefeldt. "We ...

The method could simplify the genetic transfer of nitrogen fixation to food crops. Nitrogen and crops Food productivity is ...

Research into bacteria strains that are both competitive and efficient in nitrogen fixation and developing plants with those characteristics is the goal of NDSU research started in October 2024.

Heterocyst differentiation constitutes a pivotal developmental process in filamentous cyanobacteria, allowing these organisms to sidestep the oxygen sensitivity of the nitrogenase enzyme. Under ...