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Legume

a member of the pea family (Fabaceae) that possesses root nodules containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria.


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Re: Purpose of the plant

... is the scrubs. one more is acacia deacbata is tree. thnx The two plants you list are ausi plants.Your second example should be Acacia dealbata, a legume type family. I never been to Australia, but hope to some day. You might look here. http://www.australiaplants.com/au_plants_a-b-c.htm

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by MichaelXY
Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:27 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Purpose of the plant
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The Fiber Disease

... (Greek: endo = inner, sym = together and biosis = living). Examples are nitrogen-fixing bacteria (called rhizobia) which live in root nodules on legume roots, single-celled algae inside reef-building corals, and bacterial endosymbionts inside several insect species. Many other examples of endosymbiosis ...

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by Skytroll
Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:46 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Views: 749142

The Fiber Disease

... (5MT)-resistant tobacco cell line--driven by the CaMV 35S promoter or 606 bp of the native ASA2 promoter, was introduced into the forage legume plant Astragalus sinicus or soybean ( Glycine max), using Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains DC-AR2 or K599, respectively. Hairy roots of A. sinicus ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:50 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Gene expression

... mycoplasma, e-coli etc :? There are some new mycoplasma diseases cropping up ans its resistant to antibiotics. in horticulture it is attacking legume species/peanuts. _ And here is some interesting use of B. sublitis (A really interesting bacteria) https://rpas.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/RPAS/RPViewDoc? ...

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by Linn
Tue May 09, 2006 7:18 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Gene expression
Replies: 9
Views: 1404

Eating nuts

... HERE is a nice website that provides a basic but complete information about peanut (legume), with nice figures as well ;)

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by Dr.Stein
Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:59 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Eating nuts
Replies: 13
Views: 1869
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