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SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA [1 record]

Record 1 2007-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

... to engineer plant strains and/or their symbiotic bacteria to use atmospheric nitrogen as a source of nitrogen fertilizer.

OBS

symbiotic: Relating to, characterized by, living in, or resulting from a state of symbiosis.

OBS

symbiosis: The intimate living together of two dissimilar organisms in any of various mutually beneficial relationships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Chez les plantes de l'ordre des légumineuses, les bactéries symbiotiques vivant dans les racines assurent à la plante verte un apport d'aliments azotés qui supplée l'insuffisance de son absorption des nitrates.

OBS

symbiotique : Relatif à la symbiose; caractérisé par la symbiose

OBS

symbiose : Association durable et réciproquement profitable entre deux ou plusieurs organismes.

Spanish

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