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The bacteria fix nitrogen by converting it to ammonia and nitrates which the plant can absorb and use to build its nitrogen containing molecules such as amino and nucleic acids.

In return it offers some of its own sugars to the bacteria to cover their needs. It's a trade off between biologically usable nitrogen and sugar

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