Bradyrhizobium elkanii, Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense and Bradyrhizobium japonicum are the main rhizobia associated with Vigna unguiculata and Vigna radiata in the subtropical region of China.
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and mung bean (Vigna radiata) are important legume crops yet their rhizobia have not been well characterized. In the present study, 62 rhizobial strains isolated from the root nodules of these plants grown in the subtropical region of China were analyzed via a polyphasic approach. The results showed that 90% of the analyzed strains belonged to or were related to Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Bradyrhizobium liaoningense, Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense and Bradyrhizobium elkanii, while the remaining represented Rhizobium leguminosarum, Rhizobium etli and Sinorhizobium fredii. Diverse nifH and nodC genes were found in these strains and their symbiotic genes were mainly coevolved with the housekeeping genes, indicating that the symbiotic genes were mainly maintained by vertical transfer in the studied rhizobial populations.
The Key Laboratory of Agro-Microbial Resource and Application (Ministry of Agriculture), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Yong Fa
YF
Zhang
En Tao
ET
Wang
Chang Fu
CF
Tian
Feng Qin
FQ
Wang
Li Li
LL
Han
Wen Feng
WF
Chen
Wen Xin
WX
Chen
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020369:Bradyrhizobium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C029130:nitrogenase reductase; D017351:N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases; C060771:NodC protein, Rhizobiales