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Different Frankia strains and crushed nodule suspensions were tested for their ability to nodulate Coriaria nepalensis and Datisca cannabina. Datisca cannabina seedlings were nodulated effectively by both crushed nodule suspension from Coriaria nepalensis and Datisca cannabina. The origin of the endophyte in Datisca nodules induced by crushed nodules of Coriaria was confirmed by comparing partial PCR-amplified 16S rRNA sequences with those of the endophytes of both plants. Coriaria seedlings could only be nodulated by crushed nodule suspensions of Coriaria nepalensis. All pure cultures of Frankia used as a single inoculum source or in combinations with a nodule filtrate, failed to induce nodulation on Coriaria. Two atypical Frankia strains Cn3 and Cn7 isolated from Coriaria nodules showed no acetylene reduction activity and did not induce nodulation on the host seedlings.
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Mirza, M.S., Akkermans, W.M. & Akkermans, A.D.L. PCR-amplified 16S rRNA sequence analysis to confirm nodulation of Datisca cannabina L. by the endophyte of Coriaria nepalensis Wall. Plant Soil 160, 147–152 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150356
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