Microbes & toxinsG.P. Putnam, 1912 - 316 pages |
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... Fixation of atmos- pheric nitrogen in the soil : by bacteria alone ; by bacteria in association with algae ; by the nodule bacteria of Leguminosa— Some ideas about the useful micro - organisms : Fermentations in con- nection with food ...
... Fixation of atmos- pheric nitrogen in the soil : by bacteria alone ; by bacteria in association with algae ; by the nodule bacteria of Leguminosa— Some ideas about the useful micro - organisms : Fermentations in con- nection with food ...
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... Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen in the Soil . The life of both animal and vegetable species depends on the stock of nitrogen retained by the soil . Although the earth acquires nitrogen from putrefying processes it loses nitrogen also ...
... Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen in the Soil . The life of both animal and vegetable species depends on the stock of nitrogen retained by the soil . Although the earth acquires nitrogen from putrefying processes it loses nitrogen also ...
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... fixation does not occur if the earth has been sterilised by heating to 120 ° C. Living creatures must therefore be at work in this . These workers are the bacteria of the soil which are found to a depth of one foot . They are also found ...
... fixation does not occur if the earth has been sterilised by heating to 120 ° C. Living creatures must therefore be at work in this . These workers are the bacteria of the soil which are found to a depth of one foot . They are also found ...
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Étienne Burnet. food . No hydrocarbons , no bacterial activity , no fixation of nitrogen . To fix a gram of nitrogen , experiments show , 100 to 200 grams of glucose are required . Just as we do not know all about a disease when we know ...
Étienne Burnet. food . No hydrocarbons , no bacterial activity , no fixation of nitrogen . To fix a gram of nitrogen , experiments show , 100 to 200 grams of glucose are required . Just as we do not know all about a disease when we know ...
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... fixation of the ovum on the mucous membrane of the uterus , the daily destruction of the red corpuscles of the blood which goes on in the spleen , all are examples of normal phagocytosis . The phagocytes are guided or directed in their ...
... fixation of the ovum on the mucous membrane of the uterus , the daily destruction of the red corpuscles of the blood which goes on in the spleen , all are examples of normal phagocytosis . The phagocytes are guided or directed in their ...
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