Answer:
(b) Certain bacteria such as Azotobacter (occur freely in
the soil) and Fihizobium (occur in root nodules of leguminous plants as pea,
grom, bean, etc), convert the atmospheric nitrogen into water soluble nitrates.
The process of bio fixation of nitrogen is called as nitrogen
fixation.
Enzymes required tor biofixation of nitrogen are
nitrogenases. There nitrogenases are very suseptible to destruction by oxygen.
Many bacteria cease the production of enzymes in the presence of oxygen. Many
nitrogen fixing bacteria grow in anaerobic conditions or respire to bring down
oxygen levels or binding oxygen with the proteins like leg haemoglobin.
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