title: Genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM1369; an effective microsymbiont of the annual legume Medicago sphaerocarpos.
abstract: Ensifer medicae WSM1369 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of Medicago. WSM1369 was isolated in 1993 from a nodule recovered from the roots of Medicago sphaerocarpos growing at San Pietro di Rudas, near Aggius in Sardinia (Italy). WSM1369 is an effective microsymbiont of the annual forage legumes M. polymorpha and M. sphaerocarpos. Here we describe the features of E. medicae WSM1369, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,402,557 bp standard draft genome is arranged into 307 scaffolds of 307 contigs containing 6,656 protein-coding genes and 79 RNA-only encoding genes. This rhizobial genome is one of 100 sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Jason
authors: J
authors: Terpolilli
authors: Dipartimento di Agraria, S.T.A.A., University of Sassari, Italy.
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Garau
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Yvette
authors: Y
authors: Hill
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Tian
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Howieson
authors: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Lambert
authors: L
authors: Bräu
authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors: Lynne
authors: L
authors: Goodwin
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Han
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Liolios
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Marcel
authors: M
authors: Huntemann
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: Tanja
authors: T
authors: Woyke
authors: Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Mavromatis
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: Natalia
authors: N
authors: Ivanova
authors: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors: Nikos
authors: N
authors: Kyrpides
authors: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Wayne
authors: W
authors: Reeve
keywords: Alphaproteobacteria; nitrogen fixation; rhizobia; root-nodule bacteria