The nitrogen fix

James F. Kasting () and Janet L. Siefert ()
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James F. Kasting: 443 Deike, Pennsylvania State University
Janet L. Siefert: Rice University

Nature, 2001, vol. 412, issue 6842, 26-27

Abstract: At some time in life's history, microorganisms started to make metabolically usable nitrogen from N2 in the atmosphere. A provocative proposal accounts for the 'why and when' of that event.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1038/35083660

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