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The Genus Rhizobium

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The Prokaryotes

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Bacteria responsible for the formation of morphologically defined nodules on the roots of members of the family Leguminosae constitute the genus Rhizobium. The common capacity of such symbiosis to reduce dinitrogen to ammonia and to incorporate this product into the nitrogen metabolic stream of the host plant gives the genus a place of outstanding importance in natural ecosystems and agricultural production.

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