Reeve Wayne, Melino Vanessa, Ardley Julie, Tian Rui, De Meyer Sofie, Terpolilli Jason, Tiwari Ravi, Yates Ronald, O'Hara Graham, Howieson John, Ninawi Mohamed, Held Brittany, 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, Mikhailova Natalia, Pagani Ioanna, Pati Amrita, Goodwin Lynne, Woyke Tanja, Kyrpides Nikos
Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia ; Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Australia.
Stand Genomic Sci. 2013 Dec 15;9(2):283-93. doi: 10.4056/sigs.4528262. eCollection 2013 Dec 20.
Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii WSM2012 (syn. MAR1468) is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that was isolated from an ineffective root nodule recovered from the roots of the annual clover Trifolium rueppellianum Fresen growing in Ethiopia. WSM2012 has a narrow, specialized host range for N2-fixation. Here we describe the features of R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain WSM2012, together with genome sequence information and annotation. The 7,180,565 bp high-quality-draft genome is arranged into 6 scaffolds of 68 contigs, contains 7,080 protein-coding genes and 86 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 20 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Community Sequencing Program.