title: Draft Genome Sequence of Mesorhizobium sp. UFLA 01-765, a Multitolerant, Efficient Symbiont and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Zn-Mining Soil Using Leucaena leucocephala as a Trap Plant.
abstract: We report the 7.4-Mb draft genome sequence of Mesorhizobium sp. strain UFLA 01-765, a Gram-negative bacterium of the Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from Zn-mining soil in Minas Gerais, Brazil. This strain promotes plant growth, efficiently fixes N2 in symbiosis with Leucaena leucocephala on multicontaminated soil, and has potential for application in bioremediation of marginal lands.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil Soil Science Department, UFLA, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Wesley Melo
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-0908
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Rangel
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sofie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thijs
authors.affiliation: Soil Science Department, UFLA, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil fmoreira@dcs.ufla.br.
authors.forename: Fatima Maria de Souza
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nele
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weyens
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jaco
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vangronsveld
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada.
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Van Hamme
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada.
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bottos
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rineau