Complete Genome sequence of Burkholderia phymatum STM815T,a broad host range and efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Mimosa species |
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| Authors: | Lionel Moulin Agnieszka Klonowska Bournaud Caroline Kristina Booth Jan A.C. Vriezen Rémy Melkonian Euan K. James J. Peter W. Young Gilles Bena Loren Hauser Miriam Land Nikos Kyrpides David Bruce Patrick Chain Alex Copeland Sam Pitluck Tanja Woyke Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski Jim Bristow Margaret Riley |
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| Affiliation: | 1.IRD, UMR-LSTM, Campus de Baillarguet 34398 Montpellier cedex 5; France;2.Univ Massachussets, MA, USA;3.James Hutton Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom;4.University of York, United Kingdom;5.Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA;6.Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA;7.Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
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| Abstract: | Burkholderia phymatum is a soil bacterium able to develop a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with species of the legume genus Mimosa, and is frequently found associated specifically with Mimosa pudica. The type strain of the species, STM 815T, was isolated from a root nodule in French Guiana in 2000. The strain is an aerobic, motile, non-spore forming, Gram-negative rod, and is a highly competitive strain for nodulation compared to other Mimosa symbionts, as it also nodulates a broad range of other legume genera and species. The 8,676,562 bp genome is composed of two chromosomes (3,479,187 and 2,697,374 bp), a megaplasmid (1,904,893 bp) and a plasmid hosting the symbiotic functions (595,108 bp). |
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| Keywords: | Burkholderia symbiosis Mimosa rhizobia nitrogen fixation |
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