| Entry | T00888 |
| Org code | rhi |
| Name | Sinorhizobium fredii NGR234, endosymbiont of legumes and nonlegumes |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:394 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Hyphomicrobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Sinorhizobium; Sinorhizobium fredii |
| Org group | Bacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Hyphomicrobiales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000018545.1 Complete Genome) |
| Keywords | Plant endosymbiont |
| Comment | Unique alphaproteobacterium (order Rhizobiales) that forms nitrogenfixing nodules with more legumes than any other microsymbiont.
Capable of forming nodules more than 120 genera of legumes and the nonlegume Parasponia andersonii. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP001389) |
| Plasmid | pNGR234a; Circular (GB: U00090)
pNGR234b; Circular (GB: CP000874) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 6366
Number of RNA genes: 81 |
| Created | 2009 |
| Reference | PMID: 19376903 |
| Authors | Schmeisser C, Liesegang H, Krysciak D, Bakkou N, Le Quere A, Wollherr A, Heinemeyer I, Morgenstern B, Pommerening-Roser A, Flores M, et al. |
| Title | Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 possesses a remarkable number of secretion systems. |
| Journal | Appl Environ Microbiol 75:4035-45 (2009)
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00515-09 |
