Certain soil bacteria, e.g., <em>Azobacter spp</em> can combine free nitrogen of the atmosphere with oxygen to form nitrates. This is called <u>nitrogen fixation</u>. Other nitrogen-fixing bacteria such as Rhizobium form symbiotic unions with the roots of leguminous plants called root nodules. They fix nitrogen to form nitrates which are used up by the host plant. Nitrifying soil bacteria, e.g., <em>Nitrobacter </em>convert nitrites to nitrates in a process called <u>nitrification</u>.
Cytotaxonomy refers to the classification of biological materials based upon similarities and differences of cellular structure and number of chromosomes present in the cell afterwards while .:::: chemotaxonomy refers to the classification of biological materials based upon similarities and differences of the ...
Chemotaxonomy is based on the similarities and differences in biochemistry such as a sequence of amino acids in proteins, whereas, cytotaxonomy is the classification based on cellular characteristics such as chromosomes number and behaviour.
If the membrane of a cell were no longer selectively permeable then "<span>The cell would die as it would not be able to regulate which substances could enter and leave", since a selectively permeable membrane allows both things to enter and leave for the cell's survival. </span>
The pulmonary arteries have light violet blood as an artistic depiction to stress they carry deoxygenated blood, or oxygen poor blood, from the heart to the lungs.