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A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in

Updated On: Jun 23, 2024
  • Alnus
  • Cycas
  • Cicer
  • Pisum.
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Cycas forms facultative symbiotic asssociation with autotrophic nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria. Cycas provides fix carbon and a stable environment to the cyanobacteria in exchange for fixed nitrogen. These cyanobacteria are endosymbionts and live within the roots of Cycas. In addition to normal roots, Cycas develops specialised symbiotic organs at a young age called precoralloid roots which transform into coralloid roots upon successful colonisation by cyanobacteria.
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