title: Genome sequence of Microvirga lupini strain LUT6(T), a novel Lupinus alphaproteobacterial microsymbiont from Texas.
abstract: Microvirga lupini LUT6(T) is an aerobic, non-motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of Lupinus texensis. LUT6(T) was isolated in 2006 from a nodule recovered from the roots of the annual L. texensis growing in Travis Co., Texas. LUT6(T) forms a highly specific nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with endemic L. texensis and no other Lupinus species can form an effective nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with this isolate. Here we describe the features of M. lupini LUT6(T), together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 9,633,614 bp improved high quality draft genome is arranged into 160 scaffolds of 1,366 contigs containing 10,864 protein-coding genes and 87 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 20 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of a DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Community Sequencing Project.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reeve
authors.affiliation: Biological Sciences Department, Binghampton University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Hazuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teshima
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Roxanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Cliff
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liolios
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huntemann
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pati
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woyke
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mavromatis
authors.affiliation: Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kyrpides
keywords: Alphaproteobacteria; nitrogen fixation; rhizobia; root-nodule bacteria