Affiliation:
1. Soil and Water Conservation and Crops Research Divisions, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
2. Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, College Park, Maryland
Abstract
Means, Ura
M. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.),
Herbert W. Johnson, and R. A. Date
. Quick serological method of classifying strains of
Rhizobium japonicum
in nodules. J. Bacteriol.
87:
547–553. 1964.—A new method of classifying strains of
Rhizobium japonicum
serologically by utilizing the contents of nodules as antigens is described. The method differs from standard procedures only in the preparation of antigens, but it is less time-consuming. Agglutination reactions of culture and nodule antigens were identical for 15 of the 17 strains investigated. Nodule antigens of ineffective strain 24 failed to agglutinate with any of the 17 antisera employed, and nodule antigens of strain 46 reacted with two antisera in addition to the two with which the culture antigens reacted. Host genotypes affected the reactions of nodule antigens of strain 46, with the reactions ranging from those typical for culture antigens for some soybean (
Glycine max
) varieties to reactions with heterologous antisera only for other soybean varieties and six cowpea (
Vigna sinensis
) varieties. Although nodule antigens of most strains of
R. japonicum
reacted the same as culture antigens, the inconsistent reactions of nodule antigens of strain 46 suggest precautions in the general use of nodule antigens. Indicated precautions are discussed.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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