Nitrogen Fixation

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The process in certain BACTERIA; FUNGI; and CYANOBACTERIA converting free atmospheric NITROGEN to biologically usable forms of nitrogen, such as AMMONIA; NITRATES; and amino compounds.

Descriptor ID	D009586
MeSH Number(s)	G02.111.071.630 G02.111.587.750 G02.607.560.750 G03.087.630 G06.625 G16.500.768.600
Concept/Terms	Nitrogen Fixation Nitrogen Fixation Fixation, Nitrogen Dinitrogen Fixation Fixation, Dinitrogen N2 Fixation Fixation, N2 Diazotrophic Activity Activities, Diazotrophic Activity, Diazotrophic Diazotrophic Activities Diazotrophy Diazotrophy

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nitrogen Fixation".

Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Autotrophic Processes [G02.111.071]
Nitrogen Fixation [G02.111.071.630]
Nitrogen Cycle [G02.111.587]
Nitrogen Fixation [G02.111.587.750]
Organic Chemistry Phenomena [G02.607]
Nitrogen Cycle [G02.607.560]
Nitrogen Fixation [G02.607.560.750]
Metabolism [G03]
Autotrophic Processes [G03.087]
Nitrogen Fixation [G03.087.630]
Microbiological Phenomena [G06]
Nitrogen Fixation [G06.625]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena [G16.500]
Nitrogen Cycle [G16.500.768]
Nitrogen Fixation [G16.500.768.600]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	2	2
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1

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Madigan MT, Kempher ML, Bender KS, Jung DO, Sattley WM, Lindemann SR, Konopka AE, Dohnalkova AC, Fredrickson JK. A green sulfur bacterium from epsomitic Hot Lake, Washington, USA. Can J Microbiol. 2021 Apr; 67(4):332-341.

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Feng J, Penton CR, He Z, Van Nostrand JD, Yuan MM, Wu L, Wang C, Qin Y, Shi ZJ, Guo X, Schuur EAG, Luo Y, Bracho R, Konstantinidis KT, Cole JR, Tiedje JM, Yang Y, Zhou J. Long-Term Warming in Alaska Enlarges the Diazotrophic Community in Deep Soils. mBio. 2019 02 26; 10(1).

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Zheng M, Zhang W, Luo Y, Mori T, Mao Q, Wang S, Huang J, Lu X, Mo J. Different responses of asymbiotic nitrogen fixation to nitrogen addition between disturbed and rehabilitated subtropical forests. Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 01; 601-602:1505-1512.

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Zhou J, Deng Y, Shen L, Wen C, Yan Q, Ning D, Qin Y, Xue K, Wu L, He Z, Voordeckers JW, Nostrand JD, Buzzard V, Michaletz ST, Enquist BJ, Weiser MD, Kaspari M, Waide R, Yang Y, Brown JH. Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils. Nat Commun. 2016 07 05; 7:12083.

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Watson BS, Bedair MF, Urbanczyk-Wochniak E, Huhman DV, Yang DS, Allen SN, Li W, Tang Y, Sumner LW. Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics reveal enhanced specialized metabolism in Medicago truncatula root border cells. Plant Physiol. 2015 Apr; 167(4):1699-716.

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Wawrik B, Boling WB, Van Nostrand JD, Xie J, Zhou J, Bronk DA. Assimilatory nitrate utilization by bacteria on the West Florida Shelf as determined by stable isotope probing and functional microarray analysis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2012 Feb; 79(2):400-11.

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Libault M, Govindarajulu M, Berg RH, Ong YT, Puricelli K, Taylor CG, Xu D, Stacey G. A dual-targeted soybean protein is involved in Bradyrhizobium japonicum infection of soybean root hair and cortical cells. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011 Sep; 24(9):1051-60.

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Libault M, Brechenmacher L, Cheng J, Xu D, Stacey G. Root hair systems biology. Trends Plant Sci. 2010 Nov; 15(11):641-50.

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Libault M, Joshi T, Takahashi K, Hurley-Sommer A, Puricelli K, Blake S, Finger RE, Taylor CG, Xu D, Nguyen HT, Stacey G. Large-scale analysis of putative soybean regulatory gene expression identifies a Myb gene involved in soybean nodule development. Plant Physiol. 2009 Nov; 151(3):1207-20.

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Stacey G, Libault M, Brechenmacher L, Wan J, May GD. Genetics and functional genomics of legume nodulation. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2006 Apr; 9(2):110-21.

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