Entry
Org code
sme
Name
Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021, endosymbiont of Medicago sativa and Medicago truncatula
Category
Reference genome
Annotation
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Taxonomy
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Hyphomicrobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Sinorhizobium/Ensifer group; Sinorhizobium
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Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601 ]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610 ]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611 ]
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Data source
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Keywords
Plant endosymbiont, Denitrification
Comment
Symbiont of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and its close relative Medicago truncatula.
Alpha-proteobacterium that forms agronomically important N2-fixing root nodules in legumes.
Chromosome
Circular
Sequence
Length
3654135
Plasmid
pSymA; Circular
Sequence
Length
1354226
Plasmid
pSymB; Circular
Sequence
Length
1683333
Statistics
Number of nucleotides: 6691694
Number of protein genes: 6233
Number of RNA genes: 71
Created
2001
Reference
Authors
Galibert F, Finan TM, Long SR, Puhler A, Abola P, Ampe F, Barloy-Hubler F, Barnett MJ, Becker A, Boistard P, et al.
Title
The composite genome of the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Barnett MJ, Fisher RF, Jones T, Komp C, Abola AP, Barloy-Hubler F, Bowser L, Capela D, Galibert F, Gouzy J, et al.
Title
Nucleotide sequence and predicted functions of the entire Sinorhizobium meliloti pSymA megaplasmid.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Finan TM, Weidner S, Wong K, Buhrmester J, Chain P, Vorholter FJ, Hernandez-Lucas I, Becker A, Cowie A, Gouzy J, et al.
Title
The complete sequence of the 1,683-kb pSymB megaplasmid from the N2-fixing endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Capela D, Barloy-Hubler F, Gouzy J, Bothe G, Ampe F, Batut J, Boistard P, Becker A, Boutry M, Cadieu E, et al.
Title
Analysis of the chromosome sequence of the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021.
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