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Nitrogen and sulfur compounds are continuously synthetized,
degraded and converted into other forms in nature. There are many
similarities in the principle problems and basic mechanisms of the
biology of inorganic nitrogen and sulfur. Many details are not yet
understood and hence are the subject of active investigation the
world over. In May, 1980, a conference was held in Bochum, Federal
Republic of Germany, at which attempts were made to discuss and
compare all aspects of both the nitrogen and the sulfur cycle.
Lectures were given by internationally recognized experts on the
physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and ecology of dinitrogen
fIXation, of assimilatory and dissimilatory nitrate and sulfate
reduction, and of ammonia and sulfide oxidation. In addition,
important data were communicated by German scientists of the
national program on the Metabolism of Inorganic Nitrogen and Sulfur
Compounds, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. This
book contains all the contributions to the meeting and consequently
should be of interest to researchers, teachers, and students in the
field. The members of the German national program on the Metabolism
of Inorganic Nitrogen and Sulfur Compounds would like to thank the
Deutsche F orschungsgemeinschaft for their generous fmancial
support of the scientific projects during the past four years and
for the conference itself. Without this help, the present book
would not have been written. The members express their appreciation
particularly to Dr. A. Hoffmann of the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft for her invaluable skill and patience in
taking care of the projects and scientists.
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) - the conversion of molecular
nitrogen into ammonia - is one of the most important reactions in
ecology and agriculture. It is performed exclusively by microbes
(prokaryotes) that live in symbiosis with plants. This book
summarizes the latest research on this reaction, the participating
microbes and the genetics of how their relevant genes could be
transferred into the plants. In the light of a more sustainable and
less ecologically damaging agriculture, this is becoming an
increasingly pressing issue.
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