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Desert vegetation in the Sierra Mixe Range of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Mountains near Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, Mexico. | Jon Fuller / NaturePhoto
Science⚛️ on Instagram: "An endemic Mexican maize (Sierra Mixe) has aerial roots which secrete a mucus dripping around the plant. These roots use bacterial colonies to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere. The
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The Corn of the Future Is Hundreds of Years Old and Makes Its Own Mucus | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
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