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Biologist | Patron saint of unintended consequences | Fixer | Always learning | “Sometimes science is more art than science, Morty. A lot of people don't get that.”


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I'm so sorry

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Thumbs!

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Why do they all have the exact same nose?

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They are soil bacteria called Rhizobia

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This happens to be one of my areas of knowledge! Legumes themselves don’t absorb nitrogen from the air, their roots form a symbiotic relationship with specific bacteria species. The bacteria fix the nitrogen from the air for the plant and the plant supplies the bacteria with sugars for food. Win-win

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