nodules
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Additionally, this legume develops root nodules with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria rhizobia in the surface part of its rooting system.
A layer of phosphatic nodules ( coprolites ) under the marl were mined in the 19th century for fertiliser.
A thin layer on the outside of the nodules is usually different in colour, typically white and rough in texture.
Biological nitrogen fixation in free-living cyanobacteria and in the root nodules of plants also produces ammonia from molecular nitrogen.
A good starting point for anyone with suspicious thyroid nodules or a thyroid cancer diagnosis is the Thyroid Cancer Survivor's Association.
Around 20%–30% will have subcutaneous nodules (known as rheumatoid nodules ); this is associated with a poor prognosis.