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Nitrogen fixation is the process by which molecular nitrogen gas (), which is abundant in the atmosphere but unusable by most living organisms, is converted into forms such as ammonium () that plants and other organisms can utilize. Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for all living organisms because it is a structural component of fundamental organic compounds such as proteins, nucleic acids, chlorophyll, and enzymes. Despite constituting approximately 78% of the atmosphere, nitrogen deficiency i