root nodule
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0003023
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: nódulo de la raíz (Spanish)
- exact: 根粒 (Japanese)
- broad: nodule
- Definition
- A cardinal organ part (PO:0025001) that is an outgrowth of a root (PO:0009005) and is inhabited by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. [source: POC:Ramona_Walls]
- Comment
- Root nodules are a symbiosis between a plant (often, but not exclusively, of the Fabaceae) and bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, or Azorhizobium.
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