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Postgate, John Raymond was born on June 24, 1922 in London. Son of Raymond William and Daisy (Lansbury) Postgate.
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The fixation of nitrogen - the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to a form which plants can use - is fundamental to the productivity of the biosphere and therefore to the ability of the expanding human population to feed itself. Although the existence and importance of the process of biological nitrogen fixation has been recognised for more than a century, scientific advances over the last few decades have altered radically our understanding of its nature and mechanisms. This book provides an introductory-level survey of biological nitrogen fixation, covering the role of the process in the global nitrogen cycle as well as its biochemistry, physiology, genetics, ecology, general biology and prospects for its future exploitation. This new edition has been fully updated to include the most recent developments in the field, so providing an up-to-date and accessible account of this key biological process.
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Postgate, John Raymond was born on June 24, 1922 in London. Son of Raymond William and Daisy (Lansbury) Postgate.
Bachelor in Chemistry with honors, Oxford University, England, 1945. Master of Arts in Chemistry with honors, Oxford University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1960.
Doctor of Science, Oxford University, 1965. Doctorate (honorary), University Bath, 1990. Doctorate (honorary), University Dundee, 1997.
Prin science officer Chemical Research Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, England, 1948-1959. Senior principal science officer Microbiological Research Establishment Ministry of Supply, Salisbury, England, 1959-1963. Assistant director Unit of Nitrogenfixation Agriculture Research Council Queen Mary College, London, 1963-1965.
Assistant director Unit of Nitrogenfixation Agriculture Research Council University Sussex, Sussex, England, 1965-1980, director, 1980-1987. Professor of microbiology University Sussex, 1965-1987, emeritus professor of microbiology, since 1987. Visiting professor University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1962-1963, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1977-1978.
(The fixation of nitrogen - the conversion of atmospheric ...)
(The fixation of nitrogen--the conversion of atmospheric n...)
(This title describes the crusade for safe food between 18...)
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
( The Guyton and Hall Physiology Review is the ideal way ...)
( The Guyton and Hall Physiology Review is the ideal way ...)
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(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
(Microbes are everywhere. Normally invisible, they are abu...)
(Microbes are everywhere. Normally invisible, they are abu...)
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Author: A Plain Man's Guide to Jazz, 1973, Microbes and Man, 1969, review, 2000, Biological Nitrogen Fixation, 1972, Nitrogen Fixation, 1978, review, 1998, The Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria, 1979, review, 1984, The Fundamentals of Nitrogen Fixation, 1982, (with Mary Postgate) A Stomach for Dissent, 1994, Lethal Lozenges and Tainted Tea, 2001. Editor: The Chemistry and Biochemistry of Nitrogen Fixation, 1971. Editor 4 symposia, 2 journals.
Fellow Institute of Biology (president 1982-1984), Royal Society. Member (honorary) Society for General Microbiology (president 1984-1987), Society for Applied Bacteriology.
Listening to jazz and attempting to play it.
Married Mary Stewart October 20, 1948. Children: Selina Anne, Lucy Belinda, Joanna Mary.