Intensive nitrogen fixation associated with anaerobic decomposition of horticultural wastes

• Main Author: Ong, Ying Yu.
• Other Authors: Volodymyr Ivanov
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Waste management
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16007
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Nitrogen is an important element for growth in all living organism, however it must be reduced before it can be utilized. This process is performed exclusively by diazotrophs through its nitrogenase enzyme until synthetic fertilizers come about. Agriculture requires large amount of fertilizers yearl...