title: Rhizobium favelukesii sp. nov., isolated from the root nodules of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L).
abstract: Strains LPU83T and Or191 of the genus Rhizobium were isolated from the root nodules of alfalfa, grown in acid soils from Argentina and the USA. These two strains, which shared the same plasmid pattern, lipopolysaccharide profile, insertion-sequence fingerprint, 16S rRNA gene sequence and PCR-fingerprinting pattern, were different from reference strains representing species of the genus Rhizobium with validly published names. On the basis of previously reported data and from new DNA-DNA hybridization results, phenotypic characterization and phylogenetic analyses, strains LPU83T and Or191 can be considered to be representatives of a novel species of the genus Rhizobium, for which the name Rhizobium favelukesii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of this species is LPU83T (=CECT 9014T=LMG 29160T), for which an improved draft-genome sequence is available.
authors: IBBM (Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular), CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115 (1900) La Plata, Argentina.|CeBiTec, Bielefeld Universität, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors: Gonzalo
authors: G
authors: Torres Tejerizo
authors: Centro de Ciencias Genómicas Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa. 62210 Cuernavaca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico.
authors: Marco Antonio
authors: MA
authors: Rogel
authors: Centro de Ciencias Genómicas Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa. 62210 Cuernavaca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico.
authors: Ernesto
authors: E
authors: Ormeño-Orrillo
authors: IBBM (Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular), CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115 (1900) La Plata, Argentina.
authors: María Julia
authors: MJ
authors: Althabegoiti
authors: IBBM (Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular), CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115 (1900) La Plata, Argentina.
authors: Juliet Fernanda
authors: JF
authors: Nilsson
authors: CeBiTec, Bielefeld Universität, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors: Karsten
authors: K
authors: Niehaus
authors: CeBiTec, Bielefeld Universität, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Schlüter
authors: CeBiTec, Bielefeld Universität, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors: Alfred
authors: A
authors: Pühler
authors: IBBM (Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular), CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115 (1900) La Plata, Argentina.
authors: María Florencia
authors: MF
authors: Del Papa
authors: IBBM (Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular), CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115 (1900) La Plata, Argentina.
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Lagares
authors: Centro de Ciencias Genómicas Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa. 62210 Cuernavaca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico.
authors: Esperanza
authors: E
authors: Martínez-Romero
authors: IBBM (Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular), CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115 (1900) La Plata, Argentina.
authors: Mariano
authors: M
authors: Pistorio
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D000455:Medicago sativa / Q000382:microbiology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D053204:Root Nodules, Plant / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S