Bräu, L.

Goodwin, L.A.

Howieson, J.G.

O'Hara, G.W.

Reeve, W.G.

Tiwari, R.

Yates, R.J.

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128     Session 5: Highlights in plant and bacterial genomes PS5-4 Genome features of an annual and a perennial clover microsymbiont  Lambert Bräu1, Lynn A. Goodwin2, Graham O'Hara1, Ravi Tiwari1, John Howieson1, Ron Yates3, and Wayne Reeve1  1Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; 2US Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA; 3Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia  Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii is one of the most utilized species of root nodule bacteria, required for symbioses with annual (eg. Trifolium subterrraneum) and perennial (e.g., T. pretense, T. repens, and T. polymorphum) clover species. Most clover rhizobial inoculants only form effective nitrogen-fixing symbioses with either annual or perennial species (and very few with both). This constraint provides a considerable barrier to agricultural productivity, because background populations of R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii may nodulate with an incompatible host and then fix nitrogen only poorly [1]. Knowledge at the genetic level is essential to develop an understanding of this incompatibility and progress in this pursuit will be greatly enhanced by complete genome sequence information. Thus, the genomes of two R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii strains were sequenced by the US Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Program; the Mediterranean Trifolium spp. isolate WSM1325 and the south American Trifolium polymorphum isolate WSM2304. Strain WSM1325 is compatible with Mediterranean perennial clovers (i.e., T. pratense) but not with American or African perennial clovers, while the reverse is true for strain WSM2304. To sequence the genomes, a shotgun assembly approach was adopted to assemble a draft genome of each organism. Three libraries were constructed for each strain, including one library for each strain in the functional genomics vector pTH1522 [2]. Assembly of the sequence data is in the draft stage and reveals that the genome of WSM2304 is 6.8 Mb in size (27 contigs of 20 reads or greater), contains a G+C content of 61.1%, and encodes 6487 candidate protein-encoding genes. In comparison, the WSM1325 genome is 7.8 Mb in size (143 contigs of 20 reads or greater), contains a G+C content of 60.7%, and encodes 7528 candidate protein-encoding genes. We will discuss comparative studies performed on the genome sequences of these two strains.  [1] Yates et al. (2008). Soil Biol. Biochem. 40:822-833. [2] Cowie et al. (2006). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:7156-7167. 

Genome features of an annual and a perennial clover microsymbiont

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Genome features of an annual and a perennial clover microsymbiont

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