File:Legume nodules.jpg

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Summary

Legumes have tiny (2 mm) round organs called "root nodules," filled with specialized bacteria that capture nitrogen from the air and trade it to the legume plant for sugars the plant produces. The pink color comes from a compound similar to hemoglobin in animal red blood cells.

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