Draft Genome Sequence of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Is-34, Which Is Incompatible with Rj4 Genotype Soybeans

Hirohito Tsurumaru; Yu Kanesaki; Syougo Hashimoto; Kouhei Okizaki; Hirofumi Yoshikawa; Takeo Yamakawa

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01316-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Is-34, Which Is Incompatible with Rj4 Genotype Soybeans

Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 18;2(6):e01316-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01316-14.

Authors

Hirohito Tsurumaru¹, Yu Kanesaki², Syougo Hashimoto³, Kouhei Okizaki³, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Takeo Yamakawa⁴

Affiliations

¹ tsurumaru@ige.tohoku.ac.jp.
² Genome Research Center, NODAI Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
⁴ Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Is-34, which is incompatible with Rj4 genotype soybeans. A candidate gene involved in this incompatibility was found to be present in this genome.