Biological Nitrogen Fixation 1992 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Highlights in biological nitrogen fixation during the last fifty years-- Harold Evans and Robert Burris; Phylogenetic classification of nitrogen-fixing organisms-- J. P. W. Young; Physiology of nitrogen fixation in free-living heterotrophs-- Susan Hill; Nitrogen fixation by photosynthetic bacteria-- Gary D. Roberts and Paul W. Ludden; Nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria-- Robert Haselkorn and William J. Buikema; Nitrogen fixation by methanogenic bacteria-- A. L. Lobo and Stephen H. Zinder; Associative nitrogen-fixing bacteria-- Claudine Elmerich, Wolfgang Zimmer and Claire Vieille; Actinorhizal symbioses-- Dwight D. Baker and Beth C. Mullin; Ecology of Bradyrhizobium and Rhizobium--Peter J. Bottomley; The rhizobium infection process-- Jan W. Kijne; Physiology of nitrogen fixing legume nodules, compartments, and functions-- Dietrich Werner; Hydrogen recycling in symbiotic bacteria-- Daniel Arp; Evolution of nitrogen-fixing symbioses-- Janet I. Sprent and John A. Raven; The Rhizobium symbiosis of the nonlegume Parasponia--J.-H. Becking; Genetic analysis of Rhizobium nodulation-- Sharon Long; Nodulins in root nodule development-- H. J. Franssen, J.-P. Nap and T. Bisseling; Plant genetics of symbiotic nitrogen fixation-- Donald A. Phillips and Larry R. Teuber; Molecular genetics of Bradyrhizobium symbioses-- W. Mark Barbour, Shui-Ping Wang, and Gary Stacey; Enzymology of molybdenum-dependent nitrogen fixation-- M. G. Yates; Alternative nitrogen fixation systems-- Paul E. Bishop and R. Premakumar; Biochemical genetics of nitrogenase-- Dennis R. Dean and Marty R. Jacobson; Regulation of nitrogen fixation genes in free-living and symbiotic bacteria-- M. J. Merrick; Isolated iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase-- William E. Newton. Publisher Marketing: Nitrogen fixation is a key component of the nitrogen cycle, one of the most fundamental nutrient cycles in the biosphere. Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into organic nitrogen compounds can be carried out only by certain bacteria and blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). Some nitrogen fixing bacteria live symbiotically with leguminous plants such as peas, beans, clover and certain tropical trees in nodules on the plants' roots, while others live independently in the soil and aquatic habitats. By the activity of these microorganisms, the soil is enriched with the nitrogen required for plant growth and function. Thus the topic is of considerable practical as well as fundamental importance.

Contributor Bio:  Stacey, Gary Stacey is in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee.