Evolutionary Journey: The Ancient Roots of Nitrogen Fixation in Eukaryotic Algae Proteins destined for the mitochondria or chloroplasts, or for the chromatophore of the amoeba, Paulinella ...

Scientists shed light on an unexpected partnership: A marine diatom and a bacterium that can account for a large share of nitrogen fixation in vast regions of the ocean. This symbiosis likely ...

Scientists discover first algae that can fix nitrogen — thanks to a tiny cell structure ... “The textbooks say nitrogen fixation only occurs in bacteria and archaea,” says ocean ...

The unicellular algae Braarudospharea bigelowii (shown here in a 1000x magnification) is the first eukaryote known to fix nitrogen, thanks to its nitroplast organelle (arrow). Tyler Coale Share this: ...

The algal cell and its organelle can be seen here. This research could also influence agricultural practices. "This system is a new perspective on nitrogen fixation, and it might provide clues into ...

Nevertheless, Elhai agrees with Coale that studying B. bigelowii could help us understand how to integrate nitrogen fixation into a plant cell. Journal reference: Science DOI: 10.1126/science.adk1075 ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

The first-ever nitrogen-fixing organelle in a eukaryotic cell has been confirmed. ... algae, nitrogen, nitrogen fixation. Facebook Facebook. Reddit. Flipboard. Envelope. Discuss ...

For decades, researchers have tried to figure out a way to incorporate natural nitrogen fixation into agriculture. ... But plenty of questions about UCYN-A and its algal host remain unanswered.

“This system is a new perspective on nitrogen fixation, and it might provide clues into how such an organelle could be engineered into crop plants,” said Coale. But plenty of questions about UCYN-A ...

In 1998, while hunting for nitrogenase-coding genes in seawater, Zehr discovered that organisms within the unicellular cyanobacteria group A, or UCYN-A, were capable of nitrogen fixation.He was ...

For several years, certain beaches in the Caribbean, Mexico, West Africa, and even French Guiana have been invaded by massive ...