Nitrogen fixation
著者
書誌事項
Nitrogen fixation
Cambridge University Press, 1998
3rd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全12件
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The fixation of nitrogen - the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to a form which plants can use - is fundamental to the productivity of the biosphere and therefore to the ability of the expanding human population to feed itself. Although the existence and importance of the process of biological nitrogen fixation has been recognised for more than a century, scientific advances over the last few decades have altered radically our understanding of its nature and mechanisms. This book provides an introductory-level survey of biological nitrogen fixation, covering the role of the process in the global nitrogen cycle as well as its biochemistry, physiology, genetics, ecology, general biology and prospects for its future exploitation. This new edition has been fully updated to include the most recent developments in the field, so providing an up-to-date and accessible account of this key biological process.
目次
- Preface
- 1. The nitrogen cycle
- 2. The enzyme
- 3. Physiology
- 4. The free-living microbes
- 5. The plant associations
- 6. Genetics and evolution
- 7. The future
- Further reading
- Index.
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