Molecular cloning and expression of Rhizobium fredii USDA 193 nodulation genes: extension of host range for nodulation.

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Ramakrishnan, N

RESUMO

DNA hybridization with the cloned nodulation region of Rhizobium meliloti as a probe revealed DNA homology with four HindIII fragments, 12.5, 6.8, 5.2, and 0.3 kilobases (kb) in size, of the symbiotic plasmid pRjaUSDA193. Both hybridization and complementation studies suggest that the common nodulation genes nodABC and nodD of R. fredii USDA 193 are present on the 5.2-kb HindIII and 2.8-kb EcoRI fragments, respectively, of the Sym plasmid. Both fragments together could confer nodulation ability on soybeans when present in Sym plasmid-cured (Sym-) and wild-type (Sym+) Rhizobium strains or in a Ti plasmid-cured Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain. Furthermore, the 2.8-kb EcoRI fragment alone was able to form nodulelike structures on Glycine max L. cv. "Peking" (soybean). Microscopic examination of these nodules revealed bacterial invasion of the cells, probably via root hair penetration. Bacterial strains harboring plasmids carrying the 5.2- and 2.8-kb nod fragments elicited root-hair-curling responses on infection. These data suggest that the genes responsible for host range determination and some of the early events of nodulation may be coded for by the 5.2-kb HindIII and 2.8-kb EcoRI fragments.

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