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SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 69-79Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.12.004
Keywords
Chamaecrista; Bradyrhizobium; Nodule formation; Phylogeny; Housekeeping genes; Nodule ultrastructure
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- CAPES
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico [483581/2013-5]
- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
- CAPES/CNPq through the Science Without Borders program
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America, especially in Brazil (256 spp.), the main center of radiation. In this study, nodulation of herbaceous Chamaecrista species that are commonly found growing in different vegetation types in the north eastern Brazilian state of Bahia was assessed together with the diversity of rhizobia isolated from their root nodules. Genetic characterization of the isolates was performed using molecular markers to examine the phylogeny of their core (16S rRNA, ITS, recA,g1n11, dnaK and gyrB) and symbiosis-related (nifH, nodC) genomes. Nodule morphology, anatomy and ultrastructure were also examined, as was the capacity of the isolates to form nodules on Chamaecrista desvauxii and siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum). Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences demonstrated that the isolates belonged to seven clusters within the genus Bradyrhizobium, and more detailed analyses using sequences of the ITS region and concatenated housekeeping genes grouped the Chamaecrista rhizobia by vegetation type and plant species. These analyses also suggested some potentially novel Bradyrhizobium species, which was corroborated by analyses of their nifH and nodC sequences, as these formed separated branches from all Bradyrhizobium type strains. All the 47 strains tested produced effective nodules on C. desvauxii but none on siratro. Charnaecrista nodules are herein described for the first time in detail: they are indeterminate and structurally similar to others described in the Caesalpinioideae, with infection threads in the invasion and nitrogen fixation zones, and with both infected and uninfected (interstitial) cells in the nitrogen fixation zone. (C) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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