Katja's publication receives international press

Written by
Steven Pilon, Microbites, ScienceBites.org
Aug. 23, 2021

Katja's recent publication, "Carbon substrate re-orders relative growth of a bacterium using Mo-, V-, or Fe-nitrogenase for nitrogen fixation" just received international press from a group of grad students translating science to the general public. The article will be available in five languages and in Professor Zhang's words "is an exciting general synthesis of the work".

 

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