Diversity of repC plasmid-replication sequences in Rhizobium leguminosarum

Authors :: Turner, Sarah L.
Rigottier-Gois, Lionel
Power, Rowena S.
Amarger, Noelle
Young, J. Peter W.
Source :: Microbiology. July, 1996, Vol. 142 Issue 7, p1705, 9 p.
Publication Year :: 1996
Abstract: Most strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum have gene repC-like sequences that may serve as suitable PCR primer sites. Thirty nine out of forty one strains tested, and several Sinorhizobium strains amplify repC fragment sequences of 750bp. There is a possibility of repC groups corresponding to Rhizobium plasmid incompatibility groups. RepC sequences from R. leguminosarum show great genetic diversity.