“…For example, the rhizosphere and bulk soil of marama bean has been found to contain bacteria from the species Klebsiella, Bacillus, Acinetobacter, Kosakonia, Raoultella, Arthrobacter, Burkholderia, these organisms are embedded with the ability to solubilize phosphorus, and to produce catalase, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, protease as well as ACC deaminase activity (96). In another research which involved lima bean, the presence of a high population of microbes was reported in the rhizosphere, and they belong majorly to the species Gaiella, Streptomyces, Nitrososphaeraceae, Acidobacteria, Rhizobium, Conexibacter, Bacillus, Burkholderiaceae, Novosphingobium and Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria) (97). However, there is a research gap in literature regarding the quantification of nitrogen fixed and the existence of nonsymbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria inhabiting the nodules, rhizosphere, bulk soil and rhizoplane of many underutilized legumes; hence, further researches should be carried out to unravel these information.…”