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Concanavalin A: Lack of correlation between binding to rhizobium and specificity in the Rhizobium—legume symbiosis

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Concanavalin A, a lectin from jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis), combined strongly with various nodulating and non-nodulating strains of Rhizobium regardless of their respective hosts. Thus, interactions between legume lectins and Rhizobium cells may not always account for the specificity expressed by the nodule bacteria for their respective legume hosts.

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  1. Departments of Microbiology and Soil Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 36211, Gainesville, USA

    F. B. Dazzo & D. H. Hubbell

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Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series 5574.

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Dazzo, F.B., Hubbell, D.H. Concanavalin A: Lack of correlation between binding to rhizobium and specificity in the Rhizobium—legume symbiosis. Plant Soil 43, 713–717 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01928535

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