the process of nitrogen fixation by bacteria does not take place in the presence of elemental form of oxygen . why ?

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Dear Parth, this is because the enzyme nitrogenase is sensitive to oxygen, free oxygen in nodule cell cytoplasm would inhibit the levels of nitrogen fixation in the nodule.

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