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Rhizobia
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Rhizobia
Rhizobia
are
soil
bacteria
that
fix
nitrogen
(
diazotrophs
) after becoming established inside
root nodules
of
legumes
(
Fabaceae
). In order to express genes for nitrogen fixation, rhizobia require a
plant
host
; they cannot independently fix nitrogen. In general, they are
Gram-negative
,
motile
, non-
sporulating
rods.
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