title: High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1743 - an effective microsymbiont of an Indigofera sp. growing in Australia.
abstract: Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1743 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of an Indigofera sp. WSM1743 was isolated from a nodule recovered from the roots of an Indigofera sp. growing 20 km north of Carnarvon in Australia. It is slow growing, tolerates up to 1 % NaCl and is capable of growth at 37 °C. Here we describe the features of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1743, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 8,341,956 bp high-quality permanent draft genome is arranged into 163 scaffolds and 167 contigs, contains 7908 protein-coding genes and 75 RNA-only encoding genes and was sequenced as part of the Root Nodule Bacteria chapter of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia ; Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management (CPSM), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eshraghi
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Sofie E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: De Meyer
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: DOE Join Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA USA.
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seshadri
authors.affiliation: DOE Join Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA USA.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.affiliation: DOE Join 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: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.affiliation: DOE Join Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA USA.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woyke
authors.affiliation: DOE Join Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA USA ; Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz, Jeddah, Saudia Arabia.
authors.forename: Nikos C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Kyrpides
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture and Food, South Perth, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Howieson
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reeve
keywords: Alphaproteobacteria; GEBA-RNB; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobia; Root-nodule bacteria