Tag: nitrogen fixation

Saint Louis University researchers have revealed an unexpected nitrogenase supercomplex in an ancient methanogen, a structural discovery that could transform ...

Researchers using cryo-electron microscopy have discovered that methanogen nitrogenase forms an inactive protein supercomplex that acts as a molecular off ...

Newly isolated viruses that infect nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria carry an invertible genomic segment, a phosphorus-scavenging enzyme, and a gene that codes ...

A new Nature Communications study estimates that maize-soybean intercropping on up to 20 million hectares could cover three-quarters of the ...

Researchers found that an endophytic fungus alters rice root exudates, enriching p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid to recruit nitrogen-fixing Enterobacter bacteria that boost ...

Researchers have shown that a single receptor-like kinase gene inherited from wild rice can restore nitrogen-fixing root bacteria lost during ...

The first cryo-EM structure of a native archaeal nitrogenase reveals a giant PII-bridged supercomplex that locks the enzyme inactive until ...

Direct sequencing of Casuarina root nodules across the Pacific has uncovered a hidden new Frankia species and widespread genome erosion, ...

A nationwide survey of 213 soils finds that pH, carbon-nitrogen stocks, and threshold-dependent micronutrient availability, rather than microbial diversity, control ...

A field experiment in Kerala, India, shows that combining the nitrogen-fixing fern Azolla with compost increased paddy rice yields by ...