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Metal trafficking for nitrogen fixation: NifQ donates molybdenum to NifEN/NifH for the biosynthesis of the nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor.

Stabilization of fully reduced iron-sulfur clusters by carbene ligation: the [FenSn]0 oxidation levels (n = 4, 8).

Ligand-bound S = 1/2 FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase: hyperfine interaction analysis and implication for the central ligand X identity.

A unifying framework for dinitrogen fixation in the terrestrial biosphere.

The new group of non-pathogenic plant-associated nitrogen-fixing Burkholderia spp. shares a conserved quorum-sensing system, which is tightly regulated by the RsaL repressor.

Diazotrophy under continuous light in a marine unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium, Gloeothece sp. 68DGA.

Involvement of GlnK, a PII protein, in control of nitrogen fixation and ammonia assimilation in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501.

Perspectives in biological nitrogen fixation research.

Colonization and nitrogenase activity of Triticum aestivum (cv. Baccross and Mahdavi) to the dual inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense and Rhizobium meliloti plus 2,4-D.

Nitrogen fixation in an anticyclonic eddy in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean.

Differential transcriptional analysis of the cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142 during light-dark and continuous-light growth.

Nitrogen fixation island and rhizosphere competence traits in the genome of root-associated Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501.

Characterization of diazotrophs containing Mo-independent nitrogenases, isolated from diverse natural environments.

An integrative expression vector for strain improvement and environmental applications of the nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120.

ATP-driven reduction by dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase from Chlorobium tepidum mechanistically resembles nitrogenase catalysis.

Excision of the nifD element in the heterocystous cyanobacteria.

Diversity and expression of cyanobacterial hupS genes in pure cultures and in a nitrogen-limited phototrophic biofilm.

Effect of an ntrC mutation on amino acid or urea utilization and on nitrogenase switch-off in Herbaspirillum seropedicae.

Variability in benthic diazotrophy and cyanobacterial diversity in a tropical intertidal lagoon.

ENDOR characterization of a synthetic diiron hydrazido complex as a model for nitrogenase intermediates.