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- adjective botany Able to form a
symbiosis withnitrogen-fixing actinobacteria
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Examples
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An actinorhizal plant, sea buckthorn has the capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen and thus enrich the soil.
Chapter 10 1996
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An actinorhizal plant, sea buckthorn has the capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen and thus enrich the soil.
Chapter 26 1990
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Frankia are nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live in symbiosis with actinorhizal plants whose ranks include beech and cherry trees; they have not previously been exploited partly because these bacteria are difficult to grow in the lab.
All Stories 2011
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Temperate habitats in New Zealand follow a similar pattern: The actinorhizal
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Duncan N. L. Menge et al. 2010
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[55], [56], whereas many temperate actinorhizal N-fixing trees do not
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Duncan N. L. Menge et al. 2010
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