Complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium opportunistum type strain WSM2075T

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
Olga Chertkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Lynne Goodwin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
David Bruce, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Chris Detter, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Roxanne Tapia, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Shunseng Han, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Tanja Woyke, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Sam Pitluck, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Matt Nolan, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Miriam Land, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Alex Copeland, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Konstantinos Liolios, DOE Joint Genome Insitute, USA
Amrita Pati, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Konstantinos Mavromatis, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Victor Markowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Nikos Kyrpides, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Natalia Ivanova, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Uma Meenakshi, Murdoch University
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 gene transfer, integrative and conjugative elements, symbiosis, Alphaproteobacteria

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Plant Biology

Abstract

Mesorhizobium opportunistum strain WSM2075T was isolated in Western Australia in 2000 from root nodules of the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus that had been inoculated with M. ciceri bv. biserrulae WSM1271. WSM2075T is an aerobic, motile, Gram negative, non-spore-forming rod that has gained the ability to nodulate B. pelecinus but is completely ineffective in N2 fixation with this host. This report reveals that the genome of M. opportunistum strain WSM2075T contains a chromosome of size 6,884,444 bp, encoding 6,685 protein-coding genes and 62 RNA-only encoding genes. The genome contains no plasmids, but does harbor 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 opportunistum type strain WSM2075T. Stand in Genomic Sci 9, 294–303 (2013). https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.4538264