title: Rhizobium giardinii is the microsymbiont of Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) Macmillan) in midwestern prairies.
abstract: Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) Macmillan) has potential as a grain and forage legume for the American Midwest. Inoculant-quality rhizobia for this legume have been identified but not previously characterized. Rhizobia trapped from 20 soils in the natural range of the Illinois bundleflower had characteristics that placed them overwhelmingly within the species Rhizobium giardinii, one of the few occasions this species has been recovered from legumes, raising questions on the biogeography and spread of midwestern prairie rhizobia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beyhaut
authors.forename: Becki
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tlusty
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Berkum
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D007887:Fabaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D007087:Illinois; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S