Complete Genome Sequence of Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae Strain WSM1284, an Efficient Nitrogen-Fixing Microsymbiont of the Pasture Legume Biserrula pelecinus

Timothy Haskett; Penghao Wang; Joshua Ramsay; Graham O'Hara; Wayne Reeve; John Howieson; Jason Terpolilli

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00514-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae Strain WSM1284, an Efficient Nitrogen-Fixing Microsymbiont of the Pasture Legume Biserrula pelecinus

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 9;4(3):e00514-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00514-16.

Authors

Timothy Haskett¹, Penghao Wang¹, Joshua Ramsay², Graham O'Hara¹, Wayne Reeve¹, John Howieson¹, Jason Terpolilli³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
² School of Biomedical Sciences and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
³ Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia J.Terpolilli@murdoch.edu.au.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae strain WSM1284, a nitrogen-fixing microsymbiont of the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus The genome consists of 6.88 Mb distributed between a single chromosome (6.33 Mb) and a single plasmid (0.55 Mb).