An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”
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Über oligonitrophile Mikroben.Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abt. II, 7, 561–582, 1901.Discovery of nitrogen fixation, the process by which diatomic nitrogen gas is converted to ammonium ions and becomes available to plants. Bacteria perform nitrogen fixation, dwelling inside root nodules of certain plants (legumes). In addition to having discovered a biochemical reaction vital to soil fertility and agriculture, Beijerinck revealed this archetypical example of symbiosis between plants and bacteria. Subjects: BIOLOGY › Ecology / Environment, MICROBIOLOGY › Environmental Microbiology Permalink: www.historyofmedicine.com/id/15035 |