Genome sequence of the lupin-nodulating Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1417. Issue 2 (September 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reeve, Wayne; Terpolilli, Jason; Melino, Vanessa; Ardley, Julie; Tian, Rui; Meyer, Sofie; Tiwari, Ravi; Yates, Ronald; O'Hara, Graham; Howieson, John; Ninawi, Mohamed; Teshima, Hazuki; Bruce, David; Detter, Chris; Tapia, Roxanne; Han, Cliff; Wei, Chia-Lin; Huntemann, Marcel; Han, James; Chen, I-Min; Mavrommatis, Konstantinos; Markowitz, Victor; Ivanova, Natalia; Ovchinnikova, Galina; Pagani, Ioanna; Pati, Amrita; Goodwin, Lynne; Peters, Lin; Woyke, Tanja; Kyrpides, Nikos
• Is Part Of: Standards in genomic sciences. Volume 9:Issue 2(2013)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 282
• Publication Date: 2013-09
• Subjects: root-nodule bacteria -- nitrogen fixation -- rhizobia -- Alphaproteobacteria; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics; Periodicals; 572.8605
• DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4518260
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3277

Abstract

Abstract Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1417 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that was isolated from an effective nitrogen (N2 ) fixing root nodule ofLupinus sp. collected in Papudo, Chile, in 1995. However, this microsymbiont is a poorly effective N2 fixer with the legume hostLupinus angustifolius L.; a lupin species of considerable economic importance in both Chile and Australia. The symbiosis formed withL. angustifolius produces less than half of the dry matter achieved by the symbioses with commercial inoculant strains such asBradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM471. Therefore, WSM1417 is an important candidate strain with which to investigate the genetics of effective N2 fixation in the lupin-bradyrhizobia symbioses. Here we describe the features ofBradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1417, together with genome sequence information and annotation. The 8, 048, 963 bp high-quality-draft genome is arranged in a single scaffold of 2 contigs, contains 7, 695 protein-coding genes and 77 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 20 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Community Sequencing Program.