Open AccessGenetic mapping of Rhizobium meliloti.
Author(s) -
Harry Meade,
Ethan R. Signer
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.74.5.2076
Subject(s) - rhizobium , biology , sinorhizobium meliloti , genetics , strain (injury) , mating , ploidy , rhizobiaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , bacteria , symbiosis , mutant , anatomy
The drug resistance factor RP4, originally isolated in Pseudomonas, was transferred to Rhizobium meliloti. In that strain, RP4 promotes conjugational transfer of chromosomal markers to form haploid recombinants. This mating system has been used to construct a linkage map of R. meliloti.
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