Nodule bacteria are very good at biological nitrogen fixation. 根瘤菌是生物固氮的能手。
Within the nodule, rhizobia proliferate in very dense clusters of cells with altered morphology.These cell forms are called bacteroids. 在根瘤中,根瘤菌在形态改变的细胞中大量增殖紧密排列,这些,细胞组织被称作类菌体。