title: Genome analysis suggests that the soil oligotrophic bacterium Agromonas oligotrophica (Bradyrhizobium oligotrophicum) is a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Aeschynomene indica.
abstract: Agromonas oligotrophica (Bradyrhizobium oligotrophicum) S58(T) is a nitrogen-fixing oligotrophic bacterium isolated from paddy field soil that is able to grow in extra-low-nutrient environments. Here, the complete genome sequence of S58 was determined. The S58 genome was found to comprise a circular chromosome of 8,264,165 bp with an average GC content of 65.1% lacking nodABC genes and the typical symbiosis island. The genome showed a high level of similarity to the genomes of Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS278 and Bradyrhizobium sp. BTAi1, including nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis gene clusters, which nodulate an aquatic legume plant, Aeschynomene indica, in a Nod factor-independent manner. Although nonsymbiotic (brady)rhizobia are significant components of rhizobial populations in soil, we found that most genes important for nodule development (ndv) and symbiotic nitrogen fixation (nif and fix) with A. indica were well conserved between the ORS278 and S58 genomes. Therefore, we performed inoculation experiments with five A. oligotrophica strains (S58, S42, S55, S72, and S80). Surprisingly, all five strains of A. oligotrophica formed effective nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots and/or stems of A. indica, with differentiated bacteroids. Nonsymbiotic (brady)rhizobia are known to be significant components of rhizobial populations without a symbiosis island or symbiotic plasmids in soil, but the present results indicate that soil-dwelling A. oligotrophica generally possesses the ability to establish symbiosis with A. indica. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that Nod factor-independent symbiosis with A. indica is a common trait of nodABC- and symbiosis island-lacking strains within the members of the photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium clade, including A. oligotrophica.
authors: Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Okubo
authors: Shohei
authors: S
authors: Fukushima
authors: Manabu
authors: M
authors: Itakura
authors: Kenshiro
authors: K
authors: Oshima
authors: Aphakorn
authors: A
authors: Longtonglang
authors: Neung
authors: N
authors: Teaumroong
authors: Hisayuki
authors: H
authors: Mitsui
authors: Masahira
authors: M
authors: Hattori
authors: Reiko
authors: R
authors: Hattori
authors: Tsutomu
authors: T
authors: Hattori
authors: Kiwamu
authors: K
authors: Minamisawa
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D020369:Bradyrhizobium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation / Q000235:genetics*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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