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Table 4 Nodulation competitiveness of the S. meliloti wild-type strain and bdhA, phaC and phaZ mutants co-inoculated in the described ratios on M. sativa plants

From: Identification and characterization of the intracellular poly-3-hydroxybutyrate depolymerase enzyme PhaZ of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Strain (%) in inoculum

No. nodules tested

Nodule occupancy (%)

  

Strain 1

Strain 2

Both

Rm11430 (60) + Rm1021 (40)

18.0

61.1

22.2

16.7

Rm11430 (91) + Rm1021 (9)

15.0

93.3

6.7

0

Rm11430 (54) + Rm11105 (46)

16.0

100

0

0

Rm11105 (59) + Rm1021 (41)

15.0

6.70

93.3

0

Rm11105 (88) + Rm1021 (12)

20.0

5.00

75.0

20.0

Rm11430 (51) + Rm11107 (49)

20.0

65.0

35.0

0

Rm11107 (49) + Rm1021 (51)

14.0

21.4

78.6

0

Rm11107 (77) + Rm1021 (23)

15.0

86.7

0

13.3

Rm11107 (44) + Rm11144 (56)

19.0

94.7

0

5.30