Reiteration of genes involved in symbiotic nitrogen fixation by fast-growing Rhizobium japonicum.

AUTOR(ES)

Prakash, R K

RESUMO

By using cloned Rhizobium meliloti nodulation (nod) genes and nitrogen fixation (nif) genes, we found that the genes for both nodulation and nitrogen fixation were on a plasmid present in fast-growing Rhizobium japonicum strains. Two EcoRI restriction fragments from a plasmid of fast-growing R. japonicum hybridized with nif structural genes of R. meliloti, and three EcoRI restriction fragments hybridized with the nod clone of R. meliloti. Cross-hybridization between the hybridizing fragments revealed a reiteration of nod and nif DNA sequences in fast-growing R. japonicum. Both nif structural genes D and H were present on 4.2- and 4.9-kilobase EcoRI fragments, whereas nifK was present only on the 4.2-kilobase EcoR2 fragment. These results suggest that the nif gene organizations in fast-growing and in slow-growing R. japonicum strains are different.

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