Opening the door to nitrogen fixation in oxygenic phototrophs

Opening the door to nitrogen fixation in oxygenic phototrophs

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Conveying biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) to photosynthetic species may be the next agricultural revolution, yet poses major engineering challenges. Liu . created a diazotrophic strain of a previously non-nitrogen-fixing species, the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, and uncovered critical aspects of nitrogen fixation in an oxygenic species.

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