title: Draft genome sequence of Sinorhizobium meliloti RU11/001, a model organism for flagellum structure, motility and chemotaxis.
abstract: Sinorhizobium meliloti of the order Rhizobiales is a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium nodulating plants of the genera Medicago, Trigonella and Melilotus and hence is of great agricultural importance. In its free-living state it is motile and capable of modulating its movement patterns in response to chemical attractants. Here, the draft genome consisting of a circular chromosome, the megaplasmids pSymA and pSymB and three accessory plasmids of Sinorhizobium meliloti RU11/001, a model organism for flagellum structure, motility and chemotaxis, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biotechnology, Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Bielefeld University, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wibberg
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rückert
authors.forename: Anika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albersmeier
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pühler
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schlüter
authors.forename: Birgit E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Scharf
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000235:genetics; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016962:Sinorhizobium meliloti / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Chemotaxis; Flagellum; Motility; Nitrogen fixation; Symbiosis