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Re:Algae that can fix nitrogen – thanks to a tiny cell struc... by robocat on Sunday April 14, 2024 @07:07PM (#40035304)
> No plants can fix nitrogen

Plants fix nitrogen in common parlance but you are technically correct: I sincerely hope that your scientific pedantry works out better for you than it has for me (I won't delve into that topic further).

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says".

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Re:Algae that can fix nitrogen – thanks to a tiny cell struc... by mile3island on Monday April 15, 2024 @10:20AM (#40040861)
The research was specifically about introducing nitrogen-fixing organelles into plants because they have none. Precision is valuable since this was in direct contradiction to the original topic. Maybe common parlance is better-suited to a thread on vegetable gardening than microbiology.
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