Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii WSM2304

Rhizobium_leguminosarum
Names Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii WSM2304
Accession numbers NC_011366, NC_011368, NC_011369, NC_011370, NC_011371
Background Rhizobium leguminosarum is a widely studied alpha-proteobacterial N2-fixing legume symbiont of legumes. It has three biovars - viciae, trifolii, phaseoli - that differ in their host specificity. The host-specificity genes are carried on large plasmids that also carry the genes for nitrogen fixation. All strains of R. leguminosarum have several large plasmids, but the number and sizes of plasmids varies among strains. This large number of plasmids distinguishes R. leguminosarum from the other rhizobia for which complete genome sequences have been determined.Strain WSM1325 was isolated in 1993 from a nodule recovered from the roots of an annual clover plant growing near Livadi beach on the Greek Cyclades island of Serifos. It is compatible with many perennial clovers of Mediterranean origin used in farming, such as T. pratense, and is therefore one of the most important clover inoculants. However, WSM1325 sometimes nodulates and never fixes nitrogen with American and African perennial clovers, such as those nodulated by WSM2304. It is important to understand this incompatibility (adapted from 10.4056/sigs.852027). (HAMAP: RHILS)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Proteobacteria
Class:Alphaproteobacteria
Order:Rhizobiales
Family:Rhizobiaceae
Genus:Rhizobium
Species:leguminosarum
Strain WSM2304
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (13-OCT-2008) US DOE Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive B100, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1698, USA
(16-OCT-2008) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method NA
Isolation site NA
Isolation country United Kingdom
Number of replicons 5
Gram staining properties Negative
Shape Bacilli
Mobility Yes
Flagellar presence Yes
Number of membranes 2
Oxygen requirements Aerobic
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Mesophilic
Habitat HostAssociated
Biotic relationship Symbiotic
Host name Pisum sativum
Cell arrangement Singles
Sporulation Nonsporulating
Metabolism Nitrogen fixation
Energy source NA
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity No
Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis
Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)
Pentose phosphate pathway
Pentose and glucuronate interconversions
Galactose metabolism
Fatty acid metabolism
Synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies
Purine metabolism
Pyrimidine metabolism
Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism
Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism
Cysteine and methionine metabolism
Valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation
Valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis
Lysine biosynthesis
Lysine degradation
Arginine and proline metabolism
Histidine metabolism
Tyrosine metabolism
Phenylalanine metabolism
Benzoate degradation
Phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis
beta-Alanine metabolism
Selenocompound metabolism
D-Glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism
D-Arginine and D-ornithine metabolism
D-Alanine metabolism
Glutathione metabolism
Starch and sucrose metabolism
Streptomycin biosynthesis
Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Peptidoglycan biosynthesis
Pyruvate metabolism
Chloroalkane and chloroalkene degradation
Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism
Propanoate metabolism
Styrene degradation
Butanoate metabolism
C5-Branched dibasic acid metabolism
One carbon pool by folate
Thiamine metabolism
Riboflavin metabolism
Vitamin B6 metabolism
Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism
Pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis
Lipoic acid metabolism
Folate biosynthesis
Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism
Terpenoid backbone biosynthesis
Nitrogen metabolism
Sulfur metabolism
Caprolactam degradation
Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis