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Existence ofSinorhizobium meliloti genomic fragment hybridizing with thenifM gene ofKlebsiella pneumoniae

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A novel finding that genomic restriction fragments of symbiotic nitrogen fixerS. meliloti hybridized withnifM gene probe of the free-living diazotrophKlebsiella pneumoniae is reported. WhenSmaI endonuclease was used to digestS. meliloti DNA, a unique hybridizing band was obtained.

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  1. Academician M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    L. Gigova & S. Dimova

  2. Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    N. Petrova & D. Staneva

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Gigova, L., Petrova, N., Dimova, S. et al. Existence ofSinorhizobium meliloti genomic fragment hybridizing with thenifM gene ofKlebsiella pneumoniae . Folia Microbiol 52, 447–448 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932102

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