Scientists have successfully enhanced cultivation of a microorganism that can fix nitrogen (N2) while producing methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3) and investigated exciting details of its metabolism.

nitrogen (N2) comprises about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere. nitrogen is a component of proteins and DNA, which makes it essential to all life. nitrogen is usually the nutrient mentioned in agricultural ...

Researchers have discovered peptide factors that function in the shoot and root systems to transport iron into the root nodules colonized by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Moreover, these peptide factors ...