which bacteria is found in the roots of beans and peas (leguminous plant)?
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Rhizobium bacteria are found in the roots of beans and peas (leguminous plants).
- Beans and peas are leguminous plants.
- They come under the legume family.
- Rhizobium bacteria are found in the roots of beans and peas. They are also known as nitrogen fixing bacteria.
- The rhizobium bacteria forms mutual connection with the root of leguminous plants like beans and peas.
- The rhizobium bacteria forms nodules in the root of the leguminous plants in it's cortical cells.
- They help in fixing the atmospheric nitrogen in the roots of the leguminous plants.
- The bacteria fixes the atmospheric nitrogen in the roots of leguminous plants with the help of the enzyme nitrogenase.
- They convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds.
- Those nitrogen compounds gets into the soil and improves the quality of the soil.
- This helps in increasing the yield of the leguminous plants.
- The rhizobium bacteria are widely used as bio-fertilizers.
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