The roots of " Mimosa pudica " create carbon disulfide, which prevents certain pathogenic and mycorrhizal fungi from growing within the plant s rhizosphere.
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""'Burkholderia phymatum " "'is a species of proteobacteria that is capable of symbiotic nitrogen fixation with the legume " Machaerium lunatum " and Mimosa pudica.
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Common examples for pulvinar movements include the night closure movement of legume leaves and the touch response of the sensitive plant ( " Mimosa pudica " ).
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As much as 60 % of the nitrogen found in " Mimosa pudica " can be attributed to the fixation of N 2 by bacteria . " " taiwanensis"
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It is not known exactly why " Mimosa pudica " evolved this trait, but many scientists think that the plant uses its ability to shrink as a defense from herbivores.
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Tangible evidence of touch sensitivity is the almost instantaneous collapse of leaflets of " Mimosa pudica ", the insect traps of Venus flytrap and bladderworts, and the pollinia of orchids.
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Among them is the sensitive plant ( Mimosa pudica ), which responds to a gentle stroke by rapidly folding its fernlike leaves ( a result of the rapid release of water from specialized cells at the base of the leaves ).
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Some plants are capable of rapid movement : the mimosa plant ( " Mimosa pudica " ) makes its thin leaves point down at the slightest touch and carnivorous plants such as the Venus flytrap snap shut by the touch of insects.
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In 1823, almost a century after de Mairan's work, the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle expanded on it by measuring the free running period of " Mimosa pudica " leaf movements in constant conditions, finding them to be 22 23 hours long.
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LMG19424 T are beta-rhizobial strains of diazotrophs that are highly effective at fixing nitrogen when coupled with " M . pudica " . " Burkholderia " is also shown to be a strong symbiont of " Mimosa pudica " in nitrogen-poor soils in regions like Cerrado and Caatinga.
