The Formation of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteroids Is Delayed but Not Abolished in Soybean Infected by an [alpha]-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
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Green, L. S.
RESUMO
A mutant strain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 devoid of [alpha]-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase activity (LSG184) was used to test whether this tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme is necessary to support nitrogen fixation during symbiosis with soybean (Glycine max). LSG184 formed nodules about 5 d later than the wild-type strain, and the nodules, although otherwise normal in structure, contained many fewer infected host cells than is typical. At 19 d after inoculation cells infected with the mutant strain were only partially filled with bacteroids and showed large accumulations of starch, but by 32 d after inoculation the host cells infected with the mutant appeared normal. The onset of nitrogen fixation was delayed about 15 d for plants inoculated with LSG184, and the rate, on a per nodule fresh weight basis, reached only about 20% of normal. However, because nodules formed by LSG184 contained only about 20% of the normal number of bacteroids, it could be inferred that the mutant, on an individual bacteroid basis, was fixing nitrogen at near wild-type rates. Therefore, the loss of [alpha]-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase in B. japonicum does not prevent the formation or the functioning of nitrogen-fixing bacteroids in soybean.
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