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Science 15 December 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5806, pp. 1691 - 1692
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136980
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Enhanced:Ramping Up the Heat on Nitrogenase

Douglas G. Capone

A heat-tolerating archaeon from a deep-sea vent can convert N2 into molecules usable by other organisms. This finding of nitrogenfixing ability has implications from ecology to biotechnology.

The author is in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. E-mail: capone{at}usc.edu

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