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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2003, p. 2276-2283, Vol. 69, No. 4
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2276-2283.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Compatibility of Rhizobial Genotypes within Natural Populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar viciae for Nodulation of Host Legumes

Gisèle Laguerre,* Philippe Louvrier, Marie-Reine Allard, and Noëlle Amarger

UMR Microbiologie des Sols-Géosol, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de L'Environnement, INRA, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France

Received 1 October 2002/ Accepted 23 January 2003

Populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae were sampled from two bulk soils, rhizosphere, and nodules of host legumes, fava bean (Vicia faba) and pea (Pisum sativum) grown in the same soils. Additional populations nodulating peas, fava beans, and vetches (Vicia sativa) grown in other soils and fava bean-nodulating strains from various geographic sites were also analyzed. The rhizobia were characterized by repetitive extragenomic palindromic-PCR fingerprinting and/or PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of 16S-23S ribosomal DNA intergenic spacers as markers of the genomic background and PCR-RFLP of a nodulation gene region, nodD, as a marker of the symbiotic component of the genome. Pairwise comparisons showed differences among the genetic structures of the bulk soil, rhizosphere, and nodule populations and in the degree of host specificity within the Vicieae cross-inoculation group. With fava bean, the symbiotic genotype appeared to be the preponderant determinant of the success in nodule occupancy of rhizobial genotypes independently of the associated genomic background, the plant genotype, and the soil sampled. The interaction between one particular rhizobial symbiotic genotype and fava bean seems to be highly specific for nodulation and linked to the efficiency of nitrogen fixation. By contrast with bulk soil and fava bean-nodulating populations, the analysis of pea-nodulating populations showed preferential associations between genomic backgrounds and symbiotic genotypes. Both components of the rhizobial genome may influence competitiveness for nodulation of pea, and rhizosphere colonization may be a decisive step in competition for nodule occupancy.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: UMR Microbiologie des Sols-Géosol, Centre de Microbiologie du Sol et de L'Environnement, INRA, 17, rue Sully, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France. Phone: 33 3 80693541. Fax: 33 3 80693224. E-mail: laguerre{at}dijon.inra.fr.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2003, p. 2276-2283, Vol. 69, No. 4
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2276-2283.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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