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The legume-rhizobia partnership that allows for biological nitrogen fixation is sensitive to oxidative stress, and this study investigates if copper acts directly on the machinery of nitrogen fixation, or indirectly via toxicity to the entire plant. When\n                    <jats:italic>Lotus japonicus<\/jats:italic>\n                    inoculated with its rhizobial partner\n                    <jats:italic>Mesorhizobium loti<\/jats:italic>\n                    was exposed to 300 or 450 \u00b5M of copper, biomass was reduced by 30\u201340% in the shoots, 40\u201355% in the roots, and 40\u201360% in the nodules relative to control. While concentrations of copper in shoots and roots increased in proportion to the amount of copper in the growth medium, concentrations of copper in nodules did not vary in response to copper treatment. Malondialdehyde, a marker of oxidative damage, in the nodule similarly did not vary with copper treatment. 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