PMID: 2491321Jan 1, 1989Paper

Expression of Bradyrhizobium japonicum nodulation gene in Rhizobium fredii nod mutants

Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
L M ZhouY H Cen

Abstract

The B. japonicum USDA 110 pLAFR1 gene library was transferred to Tn5-induced Rhizobium fredii USDA 191-4 Nod- mutants with helper plasmid pRK2013. SmR TcR transconjugants occurred with a frequency of 5 x 10(-4). The transconjugants were purified and used to inoculate germinated soybean seeds. Seven nodules were obtained in the nodulation experiment. The fast-growing Nod+ SmR TcR Rhizobium fredii strain was isolated from all nodules. Each isolate had acquired a new plasmid with a molecular mass of approximately 51 kb. This recombinant plasmid was transferred to E. coli HB101 by helper pRK2013 at a frequency of 1 x 10(-4). In addition to the vector fragment, all the recombinant plasmids gave 23 kb and 6.5 kb fragments on EcoRI digestion. A DNA-DNA hybridization test with a 32P-labelled nod gene probe (prepared from pRmSL26) confirmed that the 20 kb EcoRI-BamHI DNA fragment of the plasmids exhibited sequence homology with an R. meliloti nod gene probe.

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