CAMPBELL BIO-MOD.MASTERING ACCESS
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Introduction: Leguminous plants have an ability to make a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia bacteria, this relationship helps to fix nitrogen for the plant in return bacteria receive organic acids as a carbon source and energy.
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