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Copper and Cobalt in Nitrogen Fixation

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THE hæmoglobin found in the nodules of leguminous plants, first demonstrated by Kubo, has been since shown to vary in quantity with the condition of the nodules, and both Virtanen et al. 1 and Jordan and Garrard2 have reported a relationship between the quantity of hæmoglobin present and the efficiency of fixation.

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    E. G. HALLSWORTH, S. B. WILSON & E. A. N. GREENWOOD

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HALLSWORTH, E., WILSON, S. & GREENWOOD, E. Copper and Cobalt in Nitrogen Fixation. Nature 187, 79–80 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187079a0

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