Abstract
Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1743 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of an Indigofera sp. WSM1743 was isolated from a nodule recovered from the roots of an Indigofera sp. growing 20 km north of Carnarvon in Australia. It is slow growing, tolerates up to 1 % NaCl and is capable of growth at 37 °C. Here we describe the features of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1743, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 8,341,956 bp high-quality permanent draft genome is arranged into 163 scaffolds and 167 contigs, contains 7908 protein-coding genes and 75 RNA-only encoding genes and was sequenced as part of the Root Nodule Bacteria chapter of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40793-015-0073-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Highlights
Rhizobia are soil-dwelling bacteria that have acquired the ability to establish associations with leguminous plants to symbiotically fix nitrogen
WSM1743, unlike other Bradyrhizobium spp., is able to grow at 37 °C and this ability could be a specific adaptation to the high soil temperatures experienced in the northwest of Western Australia [4]
B. yuanmingense B071T was isolated from Lespedeza cuneata root nodules from China but is able to nodulate and fix Minimum Information about the Genome Sequence (MIGS) [16] of WSM1743 is provided in Table 1 and Additional file 1: Table S1
Summary
Rhizobia are soil-dwelling bacteria that have acquired the ability to establish associations with leguminous plants to symbiotically fix nitrogen. Strain WSM1743, was isolated from a nodule recovered from the roots from an indigenous Indigofera sp. Strain WSM1743 was identified as a Bradyrhizobium sp.
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