Mesophilic, aerobic chemoheterotroph.
Effective nitrogen fixing microsymbiont of a diverse range of annual and perennial Trifolium (clover) species.
Isolated from a nodule recovered from the roots of the perennial clover Trifolium polymorphum growing at Glencoe Research Station near Tacuarembo, Uruguay in December 1998.
Reeve W, O'Hara G, Chain P, Ardley J, Brau L, Nandesena K, Tiwari R, Malfatti S, Kiss H, Lapidus A, et al.
Title
Complete genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii strain WSM2304, an effective microsymbiont of the South American clover Trifolium polymorphum.
