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    Rhizobium are soil bacteria that form symbiotic relationships with legume plants, inducing the formation of nodules on the plant's roots where the bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by the plant in exchange for nutrients from the plant. They are not able to fix nitrogen independently without a plant host. Rhizobium play an important role in agriculture by making nitrogen available to plants through this process, and are generally considered beneficial rather than harmful bacteria.

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    Rhizobium are soil bacteria that form symbiotic relationships with legume plants, inducing the formation of nodules on the plant's roots where the bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by the plant in exchange for nutrients from the plant. They are not able to fix nitrogen independently without a plant host. Rhizobium play an important role in agriculture by making nitrogen available to plants through this process, and are generally considered beneficial rather than harmful bacteria.

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    RHIZOBIUM

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    Rhizobium are soil bacteria that form symbiotic relationships with legume plants, inducing the formation of nodules on the plant's roots where the bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by the plant in exchange for nutrients from the plant. They are not able to fix nitrogen independently without a plant host. Rhizobium play an important role in agriculture by making nitrogen available to plants through this process, and are generally considered beneficial rather than harmful bacteria.

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    RHIZOBIUM

    What is rhizobium?
    Are bacteria that fix nitrogen after becoming
    established inside root nodules of legumes. To
    express genes for nitrogen fixation, Rhizobia require
    a plant host ; they cannot independently fix
    nitrogen. In general they are Gram- negative,
    motile, non- sporulation rods.
    What does rhizobia do to plants?
    • Are legume root- nodule bacteria
    • They are soil bacteria that induce the formation of special
    structures( Nodule)on the roots of their host plants . Inside
    these nodules, the rhizobia fix nitrogen . This means that
    they convert dinitrogen (the nitrogen gas that makes up
    80% of the air you breathe into ammonia
    Is rhizobium important?
    •Yes, it is important soil bacteria
    that has the ability to make the
    atmospheric nitrogen available to
    plants.
    Is rhizobium harmful?
    • Rhizobia are common soil bacteria.
    • They are not toxic to humans, plants or animals . It is
    one of the most beneficial bacteria to agriculture.
    Some rhizobia are specific and nodulate only specific
    legumes, while others may nodulate several legumes

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