单词 | carbon fixation |
释义 | > as lemmascarbon fixation carbon fixation n. the capture and incorporation of carbon from atmospheric carbon dioxide into organic compounds in the metabolic processes of living organisms, esp. through photosynthesis by green plants. ΚΠ 1863 St. James's Mag. 8 303 The sun may be said..to be the ultimate cause of carbon fixation. 1917 J. W. Harshberger Mycol. & Plant Pathol. iii. 27 In the process of photosynthesis, or carbon fixation, by green plants..free oxygen is formed. 1993 R. L. Zimdahl Fund. Weed Sci. viii. 150 The Cthree cycle for carbon fixation is the dominant mechanism in plants. 2000 Nature 26 Oct. 959/3 According to their data, C4 carbon fixation may be confined to the cytoplasm, spatially segregated from the Rubisco process, which occurs in the chloroplasts. < as lemmas |
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