Rhizobium
Rhizobium (family Rhizobiaceae) A genus of bacteria that occur in soil and in root nodules on leguminous plants. The bacteria live in the root nodules and benefit the plant by making available to it nitrogen which they fix from the atmosphere. Free-living rhizobia appear to be unable to fix nitrogen.
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