# B. Diazotans — Nordenholt’s Million character guide

> B. Diazotans in Nordenholt’s Million by J. J. Connington.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-b-diazotans

## Who they are

A mysterious scientist who discovers the blight's cause.

## In the story

### [X: The Death of the Leviathan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/x-the-death-of-the-leviathan)

Mentioned as possibly affecting world climate through surface changes, contributing to the harsh winter that completes the destruction.

### [XIV: Winter in the Outer World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xiv-winter-in-the-outer-world)

The bacillus is the central agent of global devastation, spreading via winds and currents, destroying vegetation worldwide except in immune areas and frigid zones.

### [In the Nitrogen Area](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nordenholt_s_million_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-nitrogen-area)

The microbe responsible for the famine begins to die out, confirmed by soil samples collected by scouting aeroplanes.

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