Complete Genome Sequence of Mesorhizobium ciceri Strain CC1192, an Efficient Nitrogen-Fixing Microsymbiont of Cicer arietinum

Timothy Haskett; Penghao Wang; Joshua Ramsay; Graham O'Hara; Wayne Reeve; John Howieson; Jason Terpolilli

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00516-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Mesorhizobium ciceri Strain CC1192, an Efficient Nitrogen-Fixing Microsymbiont of Cicer arietinum

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 9;4(3):e00516-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00516-16.

Authors

Timothy Haskett¹, Penghao Wang¹, Joshua Ramsay², Graham O'Hara¹, Wayne Reeve¹, John Howieson¹, Jason Terpolilli³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
² School of Biomedical Sciences and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
³ Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia J.Terpolilli@murdoch.edu.au.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium ciceri strain CC1192, an efficient nitrogen-fixing microsymbiont of Cicer arietinum (chickpea). The genome consists of 6.94 Mb distributed between a single chromosome (6.29 Mb) and a plasmid (0.65 Mb).