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Name a free-living symbiotic bacterium that serve as bio-fertilizer. Why are they so called ?

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Azospirillum/Azotobacter,Rhizobium.

They enrich soil nutrient/nitrogen fixation.

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Rhizobium leguminosarum is a symbiotic bactelium found in the root nodules of leguminous plants that has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. 

Azospirillum and Azotobacter are free-living bacteria found in the soil. They enrich soil with the nitrogen contents.

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