Complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium australicum type strain (WSM2073T)

Authors

Wayne Reeve, Murdoch University
Kemanthi G. Nandasena, Murdoch University
Ronald J. Yates, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western AustraliaFollow
Ravi P. Tiwari, Murdoch University
Graham William O'Hara, Murdoch UniversityFollow
Mohamed Ninawi, Murdoch University
Wei Gu, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Lynne Goodwin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Chris Detter, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Roxanne Tapia, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Cliff Han, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Alex Copeland, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Konstantinos Liolios, DOE Joint Genome Insitute, USA
Amy Chen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Victor Markowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Amrita Pati, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Konstantinos Mavromatis, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Tanja Woyke, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Nikos Kyrpides, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Natalia Ivanova, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
John Gregory Howieson, Murdoch UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-20-2013

Journal Title

Standards in Genomic Sciences

ISSN

1944-3277

Keywords

root-nodule bacteria, nitrogen fixation, evolution, lateral transfer of genes, integrative and conjugative elements, symbiosis, Alphaproteobacteria

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences

Abstract

Mesorhizobium australicum strain WSM2073T was isolated from root nodules on the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus growing in Australia in 2000. This aerobic, motile, gram negative, non-spore-forming rod is poorly effective in N2 fixation on B. pelecinus and has gained the ability to nodulate B. pelecinus following in situ lateral transfer of a symbiosis island from the original inoculant strain for this legume, Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae WSM1271. We describe that the genome size of M. australicum strain WSM2073T is 6,200,534 bp encoding 6,013 protein-coding genes and 67 RNA-only encoding genes. This genome does not contain any plasmids but has a 455.7 kb genomic island from Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae WSM1271 that has been integrated into a phenylalanine-tRNA gene.

Recommended Citation

Reeve, W., Nandasena, K., Yates, R. et al. Complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium australicum type strain (WSM2073T). Stand in Genomic Sci 9, 410–419 (2013). https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.4568282