Cells that perform this process become differentiated after the transcription factor NtcA facilitates expression of additional cell walls and cyano·phycin plugs. An incomplete genome labeled “UCYN-A” (“U-C-Y-N-A”) was recently found to belong to a plastid capable of performing this process within the cocco·litho·phore B. bigelowii (“bigelow-ee-eye”). A morphological change that facilitates this process begins by the curling of a hairlike structure, a behavior that is itself induced by Nod factor expression. This process occurs primarily in photosystem II–deficient cells known as heterocysts in some filamentous cyanobacteria. Root nodules create an anoxic environment that allows rhizobia to perform this process in the roots of legumes. For 10 points, name this process in which biologically useful molecules are created from the most common gas in the atmosphere. ■END■
ANSWER: nitrogen fixation [accept diazotrophy] (The second line refers to nitroplasts.)
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