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Record 1 2001-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

A Rhizobium bacterium in a legume root nodule after it has undergone an increase in size (to about forty times its original size) and a change in shape to characteristic X- or Y- shaped cell. Bacteroids lose their capacity for autonomous growth and are dependent on the host. It is in this metamorphosed state that the bacteria carry out nitrogen fixation.

OBS

[It is also] found ... in the body of certain insects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Cellule bactérienne modifiée ou cellule ressemblant à une bactérie.

OBS

On retrouve ce microorganisme principalement dans les nodosités des racines des plantes et il a faculté de fixer l'azote atmosphérique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
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