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nitrogen-fixing en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of a plant, microbe, etc., able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere.
    • From these results it is concluded that hydrogenase is closely related to the nitrogen-fixing system in Azotobacter. 1943, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (contributor), The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volumes 151-152, page 384:

Relateds

nitrogen fixation

Translations (3)

da kvælstoffikserende (able to convert inorganic nitrogen) · it azotofissatore (able to convert inorganic nitrogen) · da nitrogenfikserende (able to convert inorganic nitrogen)