High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM244, a microsymbiont isolated from Medicago polymorpha growing in alkaline soil

J. Ardley; R. Tian; G. O’Hara; R. Seshadri; T.B.K. Reddy; A. Pati; T. Woyke; V. Markowitz; N. Ivanova; N. Kyrpides; J. Howieson; W. Reeve

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High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM244, a microsymbiont isolated from Medicago polymorpha growing in alkaline soil

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High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM244, a microsymbiont isolated from Medicago polymorpha growing in alkaline soil

J. Ardley, R. Tian, G. O’Hara, R. Seshadri, T.B.K. Reddy, A. Pati, T. Woyke, V. Markowitz, N. Ivanova, N. Kyrpides, …

Standards in Genomic Sciences, Vol.10(1)

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-015-0119-5

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Abstract

Ensifer medicae WSM244 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of Medicago species. WSM244 was isolated in 1979 from a nodule recovered from the roots of the annual Medicago polymorpha L. growing in alkaline soil (pH 8.0) in Tel Afer, Iraq. WSM244 is the only acid-sensitive E. medicae strain that has been sequenced to date. It is effective at fixing nitrogen with M. polymorpha L., as well as with more alkaline-adapted Medicago spp. such as M. littoralis Loisel., M. scutellata (L.) Mill., M. tornata (L.) Mill. and M. truncatula Gaertn. This strain is also effective with the perennial M. sativa L. Here we describe the features of E. medicae WSM244, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,650,282 bp high-quality permanent draft genome is arranged into 91 scaffolds of 91 contigs containing 6,427 protein-coding genes and 68 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of the rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project proposal.

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Title: High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM244, a microsymbiont isolated from Medicago polymorpha growing in alkaline soil
Authors/Creators: J. Ardley (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
R. Tian (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
G. O’Hara (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
R. Seshadri (Author/Creator) - Joint Genome Institute
T.B.K. Reddy (Author/Creator) - Joint Genome Institute
A. Pati (Author/Creator) - Joint Genome Institute
T. Woyke (Author/Creator) - Joint Genome Institute
V. Markowitz (Author/Creator) - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
N. Ivanova (Author/Creator) - Joint Genome Institute
N. Kyrpides (Author/Creator) - King Abdulaziz University
J. Howieson (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
W. Reeve (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
Publication Details: Standards in Genomic Sciences, Vol.10(1)
Publisher: Genomic Standards Consortium
Identifiers: 991005544824207891
Copyright: © 2015 Ardley et al.
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology; 3.97 Plant Pathology; 3.97.892 Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis
Web Of Science research areas: Genetics & Heredity; Microbiology
ESI research areas: Molecular Biology & Genetics