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In R. phaseoli, as in other species of fast-growing Rhizobium spp, genes required for nodulation and nitrogen fixation are on large ‘symbiotic’ plasmids (Lamb et al. 1982). Although such plasmids are not required for the synthesis of exopolysaccharide (EPS) we show here that pRP2JI, the symbiotic plasmid of one strain of R. phaseoli contains at least two genes that appear to regulate EPS synthesis.
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Borthakur, D., Lamb, J.W., Johnston, A.W.B. (1987). Analysis of Three Rhizobium phaseoli Genes, psi, psr and pss, Which Affect Exopolysaccharide Synthesis and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and/or Nodulat Ion. In: Verma, D.P.S., Brisson, N. (eds) Molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4482-4_41
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