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. 1983 Aug;155(2):915–918. doi: 10.1128/jb.155.2.915-918.1983

In Rhizobium japonicum the nitrogenase genes nifH and nifDK are separated.

K Kaluza, M Fuhrmann, M Hahn, B Regensburger, H Hennecke
PMCID: PMC217770  PMID: 6307985

Abstract

In contrast to Klebsiella pneumoniae or fast-growing Rhizobium species, such as R. meliloti, where the nitrogenase structural genes are clustered in one operon (nifHDK), in slow-growing Rhizobium japonicum 110, nifH and nifDK are on separate operons.

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