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Who discovered nitrogen fixation?


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Nitrogen Fixation:

  1. The process of bacterial nitrogen fixation is performed by a group of special groups of prokaryotes.
  2. Such entities make use of the nitrogenase enzyme for the catalysis of the conversion of nitrogen present in the air to ammonia.
  3. This process is called biological nitrogen fixation.

The process of biological nitrogen fixation was discovered German agronomist Hermann Hellriegel.


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