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Describe briefly the method of nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants.

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