The bacteria, which live in the root nodules of leguminous plants, convert___________.

Atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogenous compounds

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Nitrate salts into free nitrogen gas

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Nitrites into nitrates

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Ammonia into nitrites

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The correct option is A Atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogenous compounds
The bacteria (Rhizobium) that live in the root nodules of leguminous plants are known as symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria and they fix atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogenous compounds so that they can be taken up by the plant.

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