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A Rhizobium strain isolated from stem nodules of the legume Sesbania rostrata was shown to grow on atmospheric nitrogen (N(2)) as the sole nitrogen source. Non-N(2)-fixing mutants isolated directly on agar plates formed nodules that did not fix N(2) when inoculated into the host plant.
Dreyfus et al. (Tue,) studied this question.