Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-30-2010
Journal Title
Standards in Genomic Sciences
ISSN
1944-3277
Keywords
microsymbiont, non-pathogenic, aerobic, Gram-negative rod, root-nodule bacteria, nitrogen fixation, Alphaproteobacteria
Disciplines
Agronomy and Crop Sciences
Abstract
Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii is a soil-inhabiting bacterium that has the capacity to be an effective nitrogen fixing microsymbiont of a diverse range of annual Trifolium (clover) species. Strain WSM1325 is an aerobic, motile, non-spore forming, Gram-negative rod isolated from root nodules collected in 1993 from the Greek Island of Serifos. WSM1325 is produced commercially in Australia as an inoculant for a broad range of annual clovers of Mediterranean origin due to its superior attributes of saprophytic competence, nitrogen fixation and acid-tolerance. Here we describe the basic features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. This is the first completed genome sequence for a microsymbiont of annual clovers. We reveal that its genome size is 7,418,122 bp encoding 7,232 protein-coding genes and 61 RNA-only encoding genes. This multipartite genome contains 6 distinct replicons; a chromosome of size 4,767,043 bp and 5 plasmids of size 828,924 bp, 660,973 bp, 516,088 bp, 350,312 bp and 294,782 bp.
Recommended Citation
Reeve, W., O’Hara, G., Chain, P. et al. Complete genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain WSM1325, an effective microsymbiont of annual Mediterranean clovers. Stand in Genomic Sci 2, 347–356 (2010). https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.852027
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