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Sixty-two strains of Rhizobium japonicum were studied from the point of view of their possible relegation to somatic sero-groups. Cross-agglutinations were carried out with all strains by the use of 11 antisera prepared against random samples of the studied complex of strains. 22 strains reacted with none of used antisera even when antisera were diluted by 1 : 10. It was possible to divide the remaining 40 strains into four somatic groups between which several common strains appeared to exist. No common antigen for all investigated strains has been found.
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Škrdleta, V. Somatic sero-groups ofRhizobium japonicum . Plant Soil 23, 43–48 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01349117
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