Definition of Rhizobia

1. Noun. (plural of rhizobium) ¹

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Definition of Rhizobia

1. rhizobium [n] - See also: rhizobium

Medical Definition of Rhizobia

1. Bacteria in a symbiotic relationship with leguminous plants that results in nitrogen fixation. (23 Aug 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhizobia

rhinotomy
rhinotracheitis
rhinovirus
rhinoviruses
rhipidium
rhipidoglossa
rhipipter
rhipipteran
rhizanthous
rhizic
rhizine
rhizines
rhizo-
rhizobacteria
rhizobacterium
rhizobia (current term)
rhizobiaceae
rhizobial
rhizobium
rhizobium leguminosarum
rhizobium meliloti
rhizocarpous
rhizocephala
rhizoctinia
rhizoctinia disease
rhizoctonia
rhizoctonias
rhizodermis
rhizodont
rhizodonts

Literary usage of Rhizobia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"Other investigators, again, declared that rhizobia were incapable of being ... I have made repeated attempts to obtain pure cultures of the rhizobia found ..."

2. 2nd International Symposium on Genetic Manipulation in Crops by A. Mujeeb-Kazi, L. A. Sitch, International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"The present lack of interaction of rhizobia and agrobacteria with cereals is limiting the use of these bacteria in various aspects of genetic manipulation. ..."

3. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"ROOT-BACTERIA OR rhizobia OF LEGUMES.—Among the most important bacteria, agriculturally, is that which enables plants of the leguminous order—(peas, beans, ..."

4. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"ROOT-BACTERIA OR rhizobia OF LEGUMES.—Among the most important bacteria, agriculturally, is that which enables plants of the leguminous order—(peas, beans, ..."

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