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Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation

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SINCE 1940 I have not had the opportunity of reporting to English readers the results of our investigations on symbiotic nitrogen fixation. As an opportunity now offers itself, I will briefly record in the following the chief points of our research during the War.

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VIRTANEN, A. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. Nature 155, 747–748 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155747a0

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