[Studies on genetic diversity and phylogeny of slow-growing rhizobia isolated from Vigna radiata at main ecotypes of China].

Studies on genetic diversity and phylogeny of slow-growing rhizobia isolated from Vigna radiata at main ecotypes of China were conducted by using 16S rRNA gene PCR-RFLP, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and 16S-23S rRNA IGS PCR-RFLP assays. Results of 16S rRNA gene PCR RFLP analysis reveal that all the strains tested are clustered into three groups at the similarity of 76%. Group I contains 13 slow-growing rhizobia tested including LYG1; Group II consists of 21 strains tested and the type strains of B. japonicum and B. liaoningense, and 10 tested strains isolated from Guangdong, Guangxi and the type strain of B. elkanii compose Group III . The results of 16S-23S rRNA IGS PCR-RFLP show that strains tested could be divided into A and B groups, which could be correspondently subdivided into A I , A II , AIII , BI and B II subgroups at the similarity of 85% . Compared with 16S rRNA PCR-RFLP, IGS RFLP assay show higher resolution, strains and reference strains tested can be divided into 21 IGS RFLP patterns. The strains isolated from Xinjiang, Guangdong and Guangxi regions show obvious geographical effect on genetic diversity.