Permanent draft genome sequences of the symbiotic nitrogen fixing Ensifer meliloti strains BO21CC and AK58

Marco Galardini; Marco Bazzicalupo; Emanuele Biondi; Eveline Brambilla; Matteo Brilli; David Bruce; Patrick Chain; Amy Chen; Hajnalka Daligault; Karen Walston Davenport; Shweta Deshpande; John C Detter; Lynne A Goodwin; Cliff Han; James Han; Marcel Huntemann; Natalia Ivanova; Hans-Peter Klenk; Nikos C Kyrpides; Victor Markowitz; Kostas Mavrommatis; Stefano Mocali; Matt Nolan; Ioanna Pagani; Amrita Pati; Francesco Pini; Sam Pitluck; Giulia Spini; Ernest Szeto; Hazuki Teshima; Tanja Woyke; Alessio Mengoni

doi:10.4056/sigs.3797438

Permanent draft genome sequences of the symbiotic nitrogen fixing Ensifer meliloti strains BO21CC and AK58

Stand Genomic Sci. 2013 Dec 15;9(2):325-33. doi: 10.4056/sigs.3797438. eCollection 2013 Dec 20.

Authors

Marco Galardini¹, Marco Bazzicalupo¹, Emanuele Biondi², Eveline Brambilla³, Matteo Brilli⁴, David Bruce⁵, Patrick Chain⁵, Amy Chen⁶, Hajnalka Daligault⁵, Karen Walston Davenport⁵, Shweta Deshpande⁶, John C Detter⁵, Lynne A Goodwin⁵, Cliff Han⁵, James Han⁶, Marcel Huntemann⁶, Natalia Ivanova⁶, Hans-Peter Klenk³, Nikos C Kyrpides⁶, Victor Markowitz⁶, Kostas Mavrommatis⁶, Stefano Mocali⁷, Matt Nolan⁶, Ioanna Pagani⁶, Amrita Pati⁶, Francesco Pini², Sam Pitluck⁶, Giulia Spini¹, Ernest Szeto⁶, Hazuki Teshima⁵, Tanja Woyke⁶, Alessio Mengoni¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Firenze, via Madonna del Piano 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
² Interdisciplinary Research Institute - CNRS, Villenenuve d'Ascq, France.
³ Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
⁴ Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.
⁵ Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
⁶ DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
⁷ Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura - Centro di Ricerca per l'Agropedologia e la Pedologia, Firenze, Italy.

Abstract

Ensifer (syn. Sinorhizobium) meliloti is an important symbiotic bacterial species that fixes nitrogen. Strains BO21CC and AK58 were previously investigated for their substrate utilization and their plant-growth promoting abilities showing interesting features. Here, we describe the complete genome sequence and annotation of these strains. BO21CC and AK58 genomes are 6,985,065 and 6,974,333 bp long with 6,746 and 6,992 genes predicted, respectively.

Keywords: Aerobic; Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti; Gram-negative; biological nitrogen fixation; chemoautotrophic; chemoorganotrophic; legume yield; mesophilic; motile; plant symbiont; soil.