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Novel associations between rhizobial populations and legume species within the genera Lathyrus and O xytropis grown in the temperate region of China

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Fifty rhizobial isolates of Lathyrus and Oxytropis collected from northern regions of China were studied in their genotypic characterization based upon analyses of ARDRA, 16S-23S IGS PCR-RFLP, TP-RAPD, MLEE, sequences of 16S rDNA gene and housekeeping genes of atpD, recA and glnII. The results demonstrated that most of the Lathyrus rhizobia belonged to Rhizobium and most of the Oxytropis rhizobia belonged to Sinorhizobium. A novel group of Rhizobium sp. I and S. meliloti were identified as the main microsymbionts respectively associated with Lathyrus and Oxytropis species in the collection area, which were new associations between rhizobia and the mentioned hosts. This study also provides new evidence for biogeography of rhizobia.

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    Sui XinHua, Han LiLi, Wang EnTao, Jiang Feng, Liu YiHai & Chen WenXin

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Supported by the National Program for Basic S&T Platform Construction (Grant No. 2005DKA21201-1), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30670001), and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB100206)

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XinHua, S., LiLi, H., EnTao, W. et al. Novel associations between rhizobial populations and legume species within the genera Lathyrus and O xytropis grown in the temperate region of China. SCI CHINA SER C 52, 182–192 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-008-0132-7

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