Assertion: legume's nitrogen | /r/HasProperty | atmospheric
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text: Legumes can "fix" atmospheric nitrogen due to a unique relationship with soil bacteria known as rhizobia.
text: The latter two elements are present in soil, but nitrogen is an atmospheric gas that plants cannot use directly.
text: Most legumes convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogenous compounds useful to plants.
text: Legumes convert atmospheric nitrogen to usable ammonia nitrogen for the plant.
text: There is no doubt that legumes are able to capture atmospheric nitrogen (using bacteria) and convert it to plant usable nitrogen, but how much of this actually benefits other plants?
text: Legumes preferentially use available soil nitrogen rather than fix atmospheric nitrogen.