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How do the cyanobacteria serve as main source of biofertilizer?

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Cyanobacteria are autotrophic microbes which serve as an important biofertiliser in paddy fields , They add organic matter to the soil and also increase its fertility by addition of nitrogenous substances. Most of them can fix atmospheric nitrogen e.g., Nostoc, Anabaena, etc.
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