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Azospirillum is a...

Azospirillum is a

A

Free-living , nitrogen - fixing eukaryotic microbe

B

symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing eukaryotic microbe

C

free-living , nitrogen -fixing prokaryotic microbe

D

symbiotic, nitrogen - fixing prokaryotic microbe

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