# @seed on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BghL31lDZCg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34248022-seed-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/76fde9a435.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-03-19T20:39:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

## Caption

These are #root #nodules in a #legume plant. Housed within the nodules are countless #Rhizobia, #bacteria that can convert #nitrogen #gas from the #atmosphere into #ammonia, which is then used by the #plant in the formation of #amino acids and #proteins to grow. In return, the plant provides #organic acids as a #food #source.⠀⠀⠀
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This #symbiosis evolved over 65 million years and is vital to the #survival of #life on our #planet.

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## Tags

gas, nodules, ammonia, atmosphere, survival, proteins, plant, nitrogen, root, rhizobia, legume, planet, bacteria, organic, amino, life, food, symbiosis, source

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