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Composition of extracellular polysaccharides ofRhizobium trifolii

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Analysis of the extracellular polysaccharides of some related strains ofRhizobium trifolii indicated the presence of glucose, galactose, glucuronic acid, pyruvate and acetate. Small differences in composition between strains were not related to the ability to nodulate or to the capacity of the symbiotic organisms to fix nitrogen.

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I wish to thank R. D. Woods for sedimentation analyses, R. J. Avery and E. Bird for nitrogen and ash determinations and Miss P. Watson for technical assistance.

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Hepper, C.M. Composition of extracellular polysaccharides ofRhizobium trifolii . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 38, 437–445 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02328112

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