Sentences with phrase «bacterial nitrogenase»

Determining how bacterial nitrogenase works could someday lead to better industrial production of fertilizer

In nature, only one enzyme — bacterial nitrogenase — can achieve the same reaction, but without emitting excess nitrogen compounds into the environment, or in other words, leaching of nitrates into groundwater.

Not exact matches

To make sure this methane - generating pathway was not exclusive to Rhodopseudomonas palustris, they tested for similar abilities in three other nitrogen - fixing bacterial species that have iron - only nitrogenase.