Abstract
Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii SRDI943 (strain syn. V2-2) is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that was isolated from a root nodule of Trifolium michelianum Savi cv. Paradana that had been grown in soil collected from a mixed pasture in Victoria, Australia. This isolate was found to have a broad clover host range but was sub-optimal for nitrogen fixation with T. subterraneum (fixing 20-54% of reference inoculant strain WSM1325) and was found to be totally ineffective with the clover species T. polymorphum and T. pratense. Here we describe the features of R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain SRDI943, together with genome sequence information and annotation. The 7,412,387 bp high-quality-draft genome is arranged into 5 scaffolds of 5 contigs, contains 7,317 protein-coding genes and 89 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 100 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
Highlights
The availability of usable nitrogen (N) is vital for productivity in agricultural systems that are Ndeficient [1]
The N2-fixation capacity of the symbioses established by different combinations of clover hosts (Trifolium spp.) and strains of R. l. trifolii can vary from 10 to 130% when compared to an effective host-strain combination [5,6,7,8]
This strain clusters closest to R. l. trifolii T24 and Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli RRE6 with 100% and 99.8% sequence identity, respectively
Summary
The availability of usable nitrogen (N) is vital for productivity in agricultural systems that are Ndeficient [1] It can be supplied exogenously in the form of industrially synthesized fertilizers. A far more economical practice is to supply plant-available N to farming systems by exploiting the process of biological N-fixation that occurs in a symbiotic relationship between legumes and their rhizobial microsymbionts [2]. In this specific association, atmospheric inert dinitrogen gas is converted into bioavailable N to support legume growth. Trifolii strain SRDI943 together with its genome sequence and annotation We present a preliminary description of the general features for R. l. trifolii strain SRDI943 together with its genome sequence and annotation
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