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J. Bacteriol., Mar 1995, 1414-1417, Vol 177, No. 5
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology

Remarkable N2-fixing bacterial diversity detected in rice roots by molecular evolutionary analysis of nifH gene sequences

T Ueda, Y Suga, N Yahiro and T Matsuguchi
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

To demonstrate the extent of phylogenetic diversity of diazotrophic bacteria associated with rice roots, we characterized phylogenetically 23 nifH gene sequences obtained by PCR amplification of mixed organism DNA extracted directly from rice roots without culturing the organisms. The analyses document the presence of eight novel NifH types, which appear to be a variety of significant components of the diazotrophic community, dominated mainly by proteobacteria.

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