Which of the following bacterial genera plays an important role in environmental nitrogen cycles?

A) Nitrobacter
B) Rhizobium
C) Azospirillum
D) both Nitrobacter and Rhizobium
E) Nitrobacter, Rhizobium, and Azospirillum


E

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