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Draft genome sequences of switchgrass diazotrophs

Published in:

Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(21) ( 2021)

Author(s):

Jones, L. B., Myoung-Hwan, C., Lakshmanan, V., Torres-Jerez, I., Tang, Y., Sparks, M., Shapiro, N. R., Craven, K. D., Udvardi, M. K.

DOI:

10.1128/MRA.00284-21

Abstract:

We report the draft genome sequences of five native nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with roots of switchgrass isolated from the tallgrass prairies of Oklahoma. Nitrogen-fixing genes, including the nif cluster, are conserved across the Klebsiella and Kosakonia strains.

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