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TRANSFER of nitrogen fixation genes (nif) within Klebsiella pneumoniae has been accomplished by transduction1 and conjugation2. These reports have all concerned intra-strain crosses: the transfer of nif to mutants of the same strain deficient in nitrogen fixation. We now report the intergeneric transfer of nif from K. pneumoniae to Escherichia coli, a species which does not naturally fix nitrogen.
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DIXON, R., POSTGATE, J. Genetic Transfer of Nitrogen Fixation from Klebsiella pneumoniae to Escherichia coli. Nature 237, 102–103 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237102a0
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