Definition for Nitrogen fixation
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A specialized metabolic process in which certain prokaryotes use the enzyme nitrogenase to convert inert atmospheric nitrogen gas into ammonia; also, the industrial process by which humans produce ammonia fertilizer from nitrogen gas.