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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Rhizobium laguerreae sp. nov. nodulates Vicia faba on several continents
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Volume 64, No. PART 1, Article 052191, Year 2014
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Several fast-growing strains nodulating Vicia faba in Peru, Spain and Tunisia formed a cluster related to Rhizobium leguminosarum. The 16S rRNA gene sequences were identical to that of R. leguminosarum USDA 2370T, whereas rpoB, recA and atpD gene sequences were phylogenetically distant, with sequence similarities of less than 96 %, 97 % and 94 %, respectively. DNA-DNA hybridization analysis showed a mean relatedness value of 43 % between strain FB206T and R. leguminosarum USDA 2370T. Phenotypic characteristics of the novel strains also differed from those of the closest related species of the genus Rhizobium. Therefore, based on genotypic and phenotypic data obtained in this study, we propose to classify this group of strains nodulating Vicia faba as a novel species of the genus Rhizobium named Rhizobium laguerreae sp. nov. The type strain is FB206T (= LMG 27434T = CECT 8280T). © 2014 IUMS.
Authors & Co-Authors
Saïdi, Sabrine
Tunisia, Hamam Lif
Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria
Ramírez-Bahena, Martha Helena
Spain, Salamanca
Csic - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca Irnasa
Spain, Salamanca
Universidad de Salamanca
Santillana, Nery
Peru, Ayacucho
Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga
Zúñiga-Dávila, Doris Elizabeth
Peru, Lima
Universidad Nacional Agraria la Molina
Álvarez-Martínez, Estela R.
Spain, Salamanca
Csic - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca Irnasa
Peix, Álvaro
Spain, Salamanca
Csic - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Salamanca Irnasa
Spain, Salamanca
Universidad de Salamanca
Mhamdi, Ridha
Tunisia, Hamam Lif
Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria
Velázquez, Encarna
Spain, Salamanca
Universidad de Salamanca
Statistics
Citations: 93
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/ijs.0.052191-0
ISSN:
14665026
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Tunisia