Frankia
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- This article refers to the bacteria. Frankia was also one of the names of the Frankish Empire.
Frankia is a genus of nitrogen fixing filamentous bacteria that live in symbiosis with actinorhizal plants, similar to Rhizobia. Bacteria of this genus form root nodules.
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