Elucidation of the Genome of Bradyrhizobium sp. Strain USDA 3456, a Historic Agricultural Diazotroph from Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

Richard Allen White 3rd; Jeffrey S Norman; Emily E Mclachlan; Joseph P Dunham; Aaron Garoutte; Maren L Friesen

doi:10.1128/MRA.00812-19

Elucidation of the Genome of Bradyrhizobium sp. Strain USDA 3456, a Historic Agricultural Diazotroph from Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Aug 15;8(33):e00812-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00812-19.

Authors

Richard Allen White 3rd^{1

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3}, Jeffrey S Norman⁴, Emily E Mclachlan¹, Joseph P Dunham⁵, Aaron Garoutte⁴, Maren L Friesen^{6

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.
² RAW Molecular Systems (RMS), LLC, Spokane, Washington, USA.
³ Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
⁵ SeqOnce Biosciences, Inc., Pasadena, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA m.friesen@wsu.edu.
⁷ Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.

Abstract

Bradyrhizobium sp. strain USDA 3456 is a historic strain from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Rhizobium Germplasm Collection isolated from Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) in 1966. Strain USDA 3456 has been utilized in global agricultural applications, including improving soil nitrogen fertility. The draft genome sequence here provides a genetic reference of a novel diazotroph.