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Nitrogen Fixation in Bacteria and Higher Plants

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  • © 1975

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  1. Richard C. Burns

    1. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co, Wilmington, USA

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  2. Ralph W. F. Hardy

    1. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co, Wilmington, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. The Diazotrophs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Recognition

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 3-13

    3. Description and Classification of Diazotrophs

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 14-38

    4. Perspectives

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 39-60

  3. Biochemistry and Biophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. An Equation for the Nitrogenase Reaction

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 65-73

    3. Nitrogenase: The Catalyst

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 74-105

    4. Nitrogenase: The Catalysis

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 106-132

    5. Mechanism

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 133-150

    6. Cellular Accommodation of Nitrogenase

      • Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy
      Pages 151-167

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 169-192
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Our knowledge of the biochemistry and biophysics of dinitrogen fixa­ tion has developed rapidly in the 15 years since the first N2-fixing enzyme system was successfully extracted from a bacterium. This peri­ od has produced a literature that now describes the N2 fixation reac­ tion and the nitrogenase enzyme itself in sophisticated terms, though a detailed reaction mechanism at the chemical level has not yet emerged. It is the purpose of the present monograph to present an in-depth re­ view, analysis, and integration of this research as is possible with a non-contributed publication and to relate this work to considera­ tions of N2 fixation that reach beyond the confines of the biochem­ ist's laboratory. The first section is directed as much toward the general science read­ er as toward the specialist. It covers the agricultural origins of man's interest in N2 fixation and also pertinent areas of taxonomy, physiology, and evolution. Ecological aspects of the subject include a comprehensive evaluation of the nitrogen cycle leading to a sub­ stantially greater estimate of the rate of global N2 fixation than previous ones. The treatment is of a survey fashion, in part to pro­ vide a general over-view of N2 fixation and in part to provide context for the biochemistry and biophysics that follow in the second section.

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  • E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co, Wilmington, USA

    Richard C. Burns, Ralph W. F. Hardy

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