Planteome: Term Details for "root nodule" (PO:0003023)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0003023
Name: root nodule
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: nódulo de la raíz (Spanish, exact), 根粒 (Japanese, exact), nodule (broad)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cardinal organ part (PO:0025001) that is an outgrowth of a root (PO:0009005) and is inhabited by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Source: POC:Ramona_Walls
Comment: Root nodules are a symbiosis between a plant (often, but not exclusively, of the Fabaceae) and bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, or Azorhizobium.
Subset: TraitNet
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to root nodule.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to root nodule.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for root nodule.
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0009011 plant structure
PO:0025497 collective plant structure
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0025007 collective plant organ structure
PO:0025496 multi-tissue plant structure
PO:0009008 plant organ
PO:0025498 cardinal part of multi-tissue plant structure
PO:0025004 plant axis
PO:0025025 root system
PO:0025001 cardinal organ part
PO:0009005 root
PO:0003023 root nodule
PO:0000040 adventitious root nodule
PO:0004539 determinate nodule
PO:0004538 indeterminate nodule

Parents of root nodule (PO:0003023)

subject	relation	object
root nodule	BFO:0000050	root (PO:0009005)
root nodule	is_a	cardinal organ part (PO:0025001)
root nodule	RO:0002202	root nodule meristem (PO:0025194)

Children of root nodule (PO:0003023)

subject	relation	object
adventitious root nodule (PO:0000040)	is_a	root nodule
determinate nodule (PO:0004539)	is_a	root nodule
indeterminate nodule (PO:0004538)	is_a	root nodule

FNA: b62e2f23-dffc-474a-a7bd-f919ea99b51c
PO_GIT: 235