Rhizobium lives as an aerobic microbe under free living conditions but gets adapted to anaerobic conditions during nitrogen fixation.

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Rhizobium is a free-living aerobic soil bacterium and cannot fix nitrogen independently. When it enters into roots of legumes, it can fix nitrogen by adapting to the anaerobic conditions.

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Rhizobium lives as an aerobic microbe under free living conditions but gets adapted to anaerobic conditions during nitrogen fixation.

The correct option is A True Rhizobium is a free-living aerobic soil bacterium and cannot fix nitrogen independently. When it enters into roots of legumes, it can fix nitrogen by adapting to the anaerobic conditions.

The correct option is A
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Rhizobium is a free-living aerobic soil bacterium and cannot fix nitrogen independently. When it enters into roots of legumes, it can fix nitrogen by adapting to the anaerobic conditions.