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Definition of: rhizobium
(rī·zō′bē ·əm) noun plural ·bi·a (-bē·ə) Bacteriol.
One of a genus (Rhizobium) of rod-shaped, nitrogen-fixing bacteria causing nodules on the roots of leguminous plants. [<NL <RHIZO- + Gk. bios life]
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