title: Complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium australicum type strain (WSM2073(T)).
abstract: Mesorhizobium australicum strain WSM2073(T) was isolated from root nodules on the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus growing in Australia in 2000. This aerobic, motile, gram negative, non-spore-forming rod is poorly effective in N2 fixation on B. pelecinus and has gained the ability to nodulate B. pelecinus following in situ lateral transfer of a symbiosis island from the original inoculant strain for this legume, Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae WSM1271. We describe that the genome size of M. australicum strain WSM2073(T) is 6,200,534 bp encoding 6,013 protein-coding genes and 67 RNA-only encoding genes. This genome does not contain any plasmids but has a 455.7 kb genomic island from Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae WSM1271 that has been integrated into a phenylalanine-tRNA gene.
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Wayne
authors: W
authors: Reeve
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Kemanthi
authors: K
authors: Nandasena
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia ; Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Ron
authors: R
authors: Yates
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Ravi
authors: R
authors: Tiwari
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Graham
authors: G
authors: O'Hara
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Ninawi
authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Gu
authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors: Lynne
authors: L
authors: Goodwin
authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Detter
authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors: Roxanne
authors: R
authors: Tapia
authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors: Cliff
authors: C
authors: Han
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Alex
authors: A
authors: Copeland
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Liolios
authors: Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Chen
authors: Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Markowitz
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Amrita
authors: A
authors: Pati
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Mavromatis
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Tanja
authors: T
authors: Woyke
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Nikos
authors: N
authors: Kyrpides
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Natalia
authors: N
authors: Ivanova
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Howieson
keywords: Alphaproteobacteria; evolution; integrative and conjugative elements; lateral transfer of genes; nitrogen fixation; root-nodule bacteria; symbiosis