TABLE 4.
Hybridization of DNAs from P. azotofixans strains isolated from maize in different stages of plant growth with a genomic fragment of 0.58 kb from P. azotofixans C3L4 cloned in pCRII
| Groupa | Size(s) of EcoRI fragment(s) | SM (%)b
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| h1 | h2 | h3 | h4 | h5 | ||
| h1 | 1.1 | 100 | ||||
| h2 | 5.1 | 60 | 100 | |||
| h3 | 2.9, 1.1 | 80 | 40 | 100 | ||
| h4 | 4.0, 1.1 | 80 | 40 | 60 | 100 | |
| h5 | 3.1 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 100 |
a
Groups of Várzea and Cerrado soil strains: h1, PV9, PV19, LV15, LV16, MSV5, MSV7, LV12, LV53, LV56, MSV108, MSV151, MSV153, MSV155, MSV156, MSV158, MSV166, PV163; h2, LV10, LV17, PV18, MSV6, MSV15, MSV23, PV21, PV23, PV54, PV55, PV56, PV63, MSV54, MSV62, MSV66, MRV100, MRV105, MRV106, MRV108, MRV111, MRV117, PV104, MSV101, MSV107, LV106, LV107, LV114, LV115, MSV159, PV150, PV151, PV155, PV156, PV159, MSV157, and all strains from Cerrado soil; h3, MSV25, MSV32, MRV153; h4, MSV55, MSV63, MSV68; h5, MRV154, MRV156.
b
SM, simple matching coefficients.