title: Cloning and Mapping of a Novel Nodulation Region from Bradyrhizobium japonicum by Genetic Complementation of a Deletion Mutant.
abstract: The phenotypes of a set of Bradyrhizobium japonicum 110 mutants with large deletions in the region of symbiotic gene cluster I were tested. The majority of the mutants showed a delayed nodulation on soybean and, by mixed-infection experiments, were found to be strongly reduced in their competitiveness. Phenotypic comparison of mutants with different deletion endpoints allowed a preliminary localization of two genomic regions, called nod-1 and nod-2, which were required for normal nodulation on soybean. Loss of nod-1 was found to result in a Nod phenotype on cowpea, mung bean, and siratro. A recombinant cosmid was identified which fully restored nodulation ability of a mutant lacking nod-1. Using Tn5-containing derivatives and subclones of this cosmid for complementation, we delimited the nod-1 region to a DNA segment of 3.1 to 3.5 kilobase pairs.
authors.affiliation: Mikrobiologisches Institut, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Hauke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hennecke