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Why can we assume that smoking saved the life of Picasso?

The midwife thought Pablo Picasso was stillborn. The child was saved by his uncle, who smoked cigars. Seeing the baby lying on the table, he blew smoke in his face, after which Pablo roared. Thus, it can be said that smoking saved Picasso's life.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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What are nitrobacteria?

Can you imagine something absolutely necessary for life, which is all around us, but which must be "captured" in order to be used? This is nitrogen. Approximately four-fifths of the air we breathe is made up of nitrogen gas. And we exhale it back the same as we inhaled it, using nitrogen only to dilute the oxygen, not to inhale too much at a time. Protoplasm, that is, the substance of which all living cells are composed, requires oxygen for its formation. And protein, the main nutrient matter, is formed on the basis of nitrogen components.

So, being able to isolate nitrogen from the air is vital. This process is called nitrogen fixation. Bacteria do most of this process for us. There are two types of nitrogen fixing bacteria. One of them lives on the roots of plants, and the other - in the soil in a free form. How do they "fix" nitrogen? These bacteria take nitrogen directly from the air, combine it with oxygen, and then build proteins based on this combination. Root-dwelling bacteria only live on the roots of plants such as beans, clover, alfalfa, and peas. But they fix more nitrogen than these plants need, and as a result, excess nitrogen accumulates in the roots.

When a plant dies or its top is cut off during harvesting, excess nitrogen passes into the ground. When a field has been used for crops for many years and the crop is harvested regularly, the nitrogen does not return to the soil. The soil because of this loses its ability to nourish plants. That is why farmers have to use fertilizers.

Fertilizers that replace nitrogen in the soil are sodium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and animal and bird droppings, such as manure. Nowadays, there are also artificial methods of nitrogen fixation to restore the required amount of nitrogen in the soil.

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