Genome sequence of the Listia angolensis microsymbiont Microvirga lotononidis strain WSM3557T. Issue 3 (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reeve, Wayne; Ardley, Julie; Tian, Rui; Meyer, Sofie; Terpolilli, Jason; Melino, Vanessa; Tiwari, Ravi; Yates, Ronald; O'Hara, Graham; Howieson, John; Ninawi, Mohamed; Zhang, Xiaojing; Bruce, David; Detter, Chris; Tapia, Roxanne; Han, Cliff; Wei, Chia-Lin; Huntemann, Marcel; Han, James; Chen, I-Min; Mavromatis, Konstantinos; Markowitz, Victor; Szeto, Ernest; Ivanova, Natalia; Pagani, Ioanna; Pati, Amrita; Goodwin, Lynne; Woyke, Tanja; Kyrpides, Nikos
• Is Part Of: Standards in genomic sciences. Volume 9:Issue 3(2013)
• Page Start: 540
• Page End: 550
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: root-nodule bacteria -- nitrogen fixation -- symbiotic specificity -- Alphaproteobacteria; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics; Periodicals; 572.8605
• DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4548266
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3277

Abstract

Abstract Microvirga lotononidis is a recently described species of root-nodule bacteria that is an effective nitrogen- (N2 ) fixing microsymbiont of the symbiotically specific African legumeListia angolensis (Welw. ex Bak.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.M. lotononidis possesses several properties that are unusual in root-nodule bacteria, including pigmentation and the ability to grow at temperatures of up to 45°C. Strain WSM3557T is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod isolated from aL. angolensis root nodule collected in Chipata, Zambia in 1963. This is the first report of a complete genome sequence for the genusMicrovirga . Here we describe the features ofMicrovirga lotononidis strain WSM3557T, together with genome sequence information and annotation. The 7, 082, 538 high-quality-draft genome is arranged in 18 scaffolds of 104 contigs, contains 6, 956 protein-coding genes and 84 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 20 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Community Sequencing Program.