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Genome sequence of the Lotus corniculatus microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti strain R88B

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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by W Reeve, J Sullivan, C Ronson, R Tian, Lambert BrauLambert Brau, K Davenport, L Goodwin, P Chain, T Woyke, E Lobos, M Huntemann, A Pati, K Mavromatis, V Markowitz, N Ivanova, N Kyrpides
Mesorhizobium loti strain R88B was isolated in 1993 in the Rocklands range in Otago, New Zealand from a Lotus corniculatus root nodule. R88B is an aerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod. This report reveals the genome of M. loti strain R88B contains a single scaffold of size 7,195,110 bp which encodes 6,950 protein-coding genes and 66 RNA-only encoding genes. This genome does not harbor any plasmids but contains the integrative and conjugative element ICEMlSym(R7A), also known as the R7A symbiosis island, acquired by horizontal gene transfer in the field environment from M. loti strain R7A. It also contains a mobilizable genetic element ICEMladh(R88B), that encodes a likely adhesin gene which has integrated downstream of ICEMlSym(R7A), and three acquired loci that together allow the utilization of the siderophore ferrichrome. This rhizobial genome is one of 100 sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.

History

Journal

Standards in genomic sciences

Volume

9

Pagination

1-8

Location

East Lansing, Mich.

Open access

  • Yes

eISSN

1944-3277

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article, C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2014, Genomic Standards Consortium

Issue

3

Publisher

Genomic Standards Consortium, Michigan State University