Legume plants provide certain amino acids to the ________ so that they do not need to assimilate ________. In return, the bacteroids shuttle amino acids bearing the fixed nitrogen back to the plant.

A. bacteroids; ammonia
B. bacteroids; nitrogen
C. bacteroids; phosphorus 
D. root hairs; nitrogen


Answer: A

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