TGAC Releases Genome Sequence of Soil Bacterium
August 20, 2014| |
The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC), together with the Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto (UNRC), Instituto de Agrobiotecnologica Rossario (INDEAR), and other European partners, have completed the genome sequence of a model strain of the soil bacterium Azospirillum brasilense.
The soil bacterium, isolated from wheat roots in the central region of Argentina, has been used as a bio-fertilizer during the last four decades. A. brasilense helps plants produce plant-growth regulators and the genome sequence will help unravel the potential mechanisms responsible for growth improvement.
Read more about this news at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/food-security/2014/140818-pr-genome-sequence-soil-bacterium.aspx.
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