title: Genome sequence of the Lotus spp. microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti strain NZP2037.
abstract: Mesorhizobium loti strain NZP2037 was isolated in 1961 in Palmerston North, New Zealand from a Lotus divaricatus root nodule. Compared to most other M. loti strains, it has a broad host range and is one of very few M. loti strains able to form effective nodules on the agriculturally important legume Lotus pedunculatus. NZP2037 is an aerobic, Gram negative, non-spore-forming rod. This report reveals that the genome of M. loti strain NZP2037 does not harbor any plasmids and contains a single scaffold of size 7,462,792 bp which encodes 7,318 protein-coding genes and 70 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.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronson
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Deakin, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Lambert
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bräu
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Hajnalka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daligault
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erkkila
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munk
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Hazuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teshima
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chain
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woyke
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liolios
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pati
authors.affiliation: Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mavromatis
authors.affiliation: Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA ; Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kyrpides
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reeve
keywords: Alphaproteobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Root-nodule bacteria; Symbiosis