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Fertilizing Crops and Reducing Nutrient Loss with Microbes

February 25, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health, Economics

Source: Science Daily

Bacteria engineered to excrete high concentrations of ammonia could help reduce the reliance on synthetic fertilizers and the nutrient loss associated with them, according to new research from Washington State University.

How Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Sense Iron

September 17, 2019

Source: University of East Anglia

In many nitrogen-fixing bacteria, a protein called RirA plays a key role in regulating iron by sensing high levels of the metal and shutting down the production of proteins that bring in more iron. RirA contains a cluster of four iron and four sulfur atoms, which acts as a sensor for iron availability. But until now, exactly how this cluster structure detects iron levels in a cell was unclear, says the University of East Anglia.

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