Planteome: Term Details for "adventitious root nodule" (PO:0000040)

Accession: PO:0000040
Name: adventitious root nodule
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: nódulo de la raíz adventicia (Spanish, exact), 不定根根粒 (Japanese, exact), stem primordium (related)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Enlargement or swelling at position of dormant adventitious root primordium (on the stem), inhabited by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Source: TAIR_curator:Katica_Ilic
Comment: Unlike the root nodules, these contain functioning chloroplasts in the nodule cortex and are therefore capable of carbon fixation. Note: stem nodule is commonly used term for this structure, although the nodules are formed at positions of dormant adventitious root primordia.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
adventitious root nodule	BFO:0000050	shoot-borne root (PO:0000042)
adventitious root nodule	is_a	root nodule (PO:0003023)

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