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← Nature & AnimalsWhich outcome limits nutrient uptake increases when specialized leaf microbiomes decrease?
A)Reduced pathogen resistance occurs quickly then
B)Photosynthetic efficiency declines consistently rapidly
C)Nitrogen fixation efficiency drops drastically✓
D)Antioxidant production becomes gradually deficient
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Inefficient Nitrogen fixation occurs when supportive leaf microbiomes decrease, decreasing nitrogen converted by microbes. The mechanism is symbiotic metabolic exchange, because microbes that provide nitrogen are reduced, therefore N-fixation is drastically reduced, rather than other less specific metabolic processes.
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