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FeMoco (FeMo cofactor) is the primary cofactor of nitrogenase. Nitrogenase is the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen molecules N 2 into ammonia (NH 3) through the process known as nitrogen fixation. Because it contains iron and molybdenum, the cofactor is called FeMoco. Its stoichiometry is Fe 7 MoS 9 C.
Ficus cotinifolia, the alamo tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Mexico and Central America. [1] It often sends roots down to cenotes and other underground water sources.
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera [3] and about 695 known species [4] of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. [5] [6] The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpaceae occurs in ...
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height.
Ficus americana, commonly known as the West Indian laurel fig [4] or Jamaican cherry fig, [5] is a tree in the family Moraceae which is native to the Caribbean, Mexico in the north, through Central and South America south to southern Brazil. It is an introduced species in Florida, USA.
In western Canada and the United States, a culturally modified tree (CMT) is one which has been modified by indigenous people as part of their tradition. Such trees are important sources for the history of certain regions. In British Columbia, one of the most commonly modified trees, particularly on the coast, is the Western Red Cedar.
The invention of the use of Guaiacum for syphilis. The genus is famous as the supplier of lignum vitae, which is the wood of several species in the genus. [citation needed] It is the fourth-hardest variety of wood as measured by the Janka hardness test, requiring a force of 4,500 lb f (20,000 N) to embed a steel ball 0.444 in (1.13 cm) in diameter half that distance into the wood.
Unlike all trees, individual bamboo culms emerge from the ground at their full diameter and grow to their full height in a single growing season of three to four months. During this time, each new shoot grows vertically into a culm with no branching out until the majority of the mature height is reached. Then, the branches extend from the nodes ...