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Rhizobium, which is the nitrogen fixing bacteria on legumes 'roots and is quite necessary and beneficial for plant growth.
Chapter 6 1980
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Beneath the rosette of leaves, a large mass of roots has the ability to form nitrogen-fixing nodules called Rhizobium which are filled with beneficial bacteria that can take nitrogen from the atmosphere and feed the plant.
Beaumont Enterprise Blogs Jane McBride 2010
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Long's lab studies the symbiotic interaction of Rhizobium bacteria and alfalfa roots to form nodules.
Archive 2008-11-01 Peggy 2008
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Long's lab studies the symbiotic interaction of Rhizobium bacteria and alfalfa roots to form nodules.
Sharon R. Long: Science under the Obama Administration Peggy 2008
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Or like the flagellar motor which we see in Rhizobium and many other bacteria.
Scientists' Responses Solicited James F. McGrath 2008
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Examples of mutualisms include Rhizobium bacteria growing in nodules on the roots of legume plants, insects pollinating the flowers of angiosperms, or cleaner fish and client fish.
Community ecology 2008
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These include the bacteria species Rhizobium, which lives on the root nodules of legumes, and cyanobacteria (sometimes called blue-green algae), which are ubiquitous to water and soil environments.
AP Environmental Science Chapter 2- The Cycling of Matter 2008
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Examples include lichens (a symbiosis between a fungus and an alga), as well as associations between mycorrhizal fungi and plants, between Rhizobium bacteria and legumes, and between corals and zooxanthellae.
Mutualism 2008
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Species of Rhizobium bacteria invade the roots of legume plants and convert abundant nitrogen in the air into a form that the plant can use directly to make amino acids and thus proteins.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Species of Rhizobium bacteria invade the roots of legume plants and convert abundant nitrogen in the air into a form that the plant can use directly to make amino acids and thus proteins.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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