Genome sequence of Mesorhizobium mediterraneum strain R31, a nitrogen-fixing rhizobium used as an inoculant for chickpea in Argentina

Emiliano Foresto (1) , Santiago Revale (2) , Fiorela Nievas (1) , María Evangelina Carezzano (1) , Mariana Puente (3) , Pedro Alzari (4) , Mariano Martinez (4) , Mathilde Ben-Assaya (4) , Damien Mornico (5) , Maricel Santoro (6) , Francisco Martinez-Abarca (7) , Walter Giordano (1) , Pablo Bogino (1)

1 UNRC - National University of Río Cuarto = Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto
2 University of Oxford
3 INTA - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
4 Microb. Struc. (UMR_3528 / U-Pasteur_5) - Microbiologie structurale - Structural Microbiology
5 Hub Bioinformatique et Biostatistique - Bioinformatics and Biostatistics HUB
6 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
7 EEZ - Estación Experimental del Zaidín

ABSTRACT Here, we report the complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium mediterraneum R31, a rhizobial strain recommended and used as a commercial inoculant for chickpea in Argentina. The genome consists of 7.25 Mb, distributed into four circular replicons: a chromosome of 6.72 Mbp and three plasmids of 0.29, 0.17, and 0.07 Mbp.

Mots clés: Mesorhizobium mediterraneum

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Emiliano Foresto, Santiago Revale, Fiorela Nievas, María Evangelina Carezzano, Mariana Puente, et al.. Genome sequence of Mesorhizobium mediterraneum strain R31, a nitrogen-fixing rhizobium used as an inoculant for chickpea in Argentina. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2023, 12 (10), pp.e0058123. ⟨10.1128/MRA.00581-23⟩. ⟨pasteur-04567346⟩