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What are the uses of bacterial Nitrogen fixation?

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Symbiotic nitrogen fixation :
Nitrogen fixation with nodulation
1. Rhizobium bacterium is found in leguminous plants and fix atmospheric nitrogen.
2. This kind of symbiotic association is beneficial for both the bacterium and plant. Root nodules are formed due to bacterial infection.
3. Rhizobium enters into the host cell and proliferates, it remains separated from the host cytoplasm by membrane.
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