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Complete Genome sequence of Burkholderia phymatum STM815(T), a broad host range and efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Mimosa species

Published in:

Stand Genomic Sci 9(3) , 763-74 (Jun 15 2014)

Author(s):

Moulin, L., Klonowska, A., Caroline, B., Booth, K., Vriezen, J. A., Melkonian, R., James, E. K., Young, J. P., Bena, G., Hauser, L., Land, M., Kyrpides, N., Bruce, D., Chain, P., Copeland, A., Pitluck, S., Woyke, T., Lizotte-Waniewski, M., Bristow, J., Riley, M.

DOI:

10.4056/sigs.4861021

Abstract:

Burkholderia phymatum is a soil bacterium able to develop a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with species of the legume genus Mimosa, and is frequently found associated specifically with Mimosa pudica. The type strain of the species, STM 815(T), was isolated from a root nodule in French Guiana in 2000. The strain is an aerobic, motile, non-spore forming, Gram-negative rod, and is a highly competitive strain for nodulation compared to other Mimosa symbionts, as it also nodulates a broad range of other legume genera and species. The 8,676,562 bp genome is composed of two chromosomes (3,479,187 and 2,697,374 bp), a megaplasmid (1,904,893 bp) and a plasmid hosting the symbiotic functions (595,108 bp).

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