Nitrogen fixation
Leaving Cert Biology · Interactions of Life
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The conversion of nitrogen gas from the air into compounds such as ammonia that plants are able to use. It is carried out mainly by nitrogen fixing bacteria, some of which live in the root nodules of legumes.
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