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PCR Amplification of DNA from Root Nodules

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Nucleic Acids in the Environment

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Root nodule bacteria which nodulate legumes are commonly known as rhizobia. These bacteria are capable of specifically infecting legume root tissue, where a symbiosis develops between the bacterium and the plant host within a root nodule. Rhizobia fix atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia, which is subsequently utilized by the plant. In return, the plant supplies rhizobia with photosynthates as a source of carbon substrate.

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  1. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph Lab. Microbial Techniques, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Jack T. Trevors

  2. DLO-Institute for Soil Fertility Research c/o IPO-DLO, Binnenhaven 12, P.O. Box 9060, 6700 GW, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. Dick van Elsas

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Pepper, I.L., Pillai, S.D. (1995). PCR Amplification of DNA from Root Nodules. In: Trevors, J.T., van Elsas, J.D. (eds) Nucleic Acids in the Environment. Springer Lab Manuals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79050-8_8

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