Permanent Draft Genome Sequence of Ensifer sp. Strain LCM 4579, a Salt-Tolerant, Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Isolated from Senegalese Soil

Nathalie Diagne; Erik Swanson; Céline Pesce; Fatoumata Fall; Fatou Diouf; Niokhor Bakhoum; Dioumacor Fall; Mathieu Ndigue Faye; Rediet Oshone; Stephen Simpson; Krystalynne Morris; W Kelley Thomas; Lionel Moulin; Diegane Diouf; Louis S Tisa

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00117-17

Permanent Draft Genome Sequence of Ensifer sp. Strain LCM 4579, a Salt-Tolerant, Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Isolated from Senegalese Soil

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 6;5(14):e00117-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00117-17.

Authors

Nathalie Diagne^{1

2

3}, Erik Swanson³, Céline Pesce³, Fatoumata Fall^{1

2}, Fatou Diouf^{1

2}, Niokhor Bakhoum^{1

2}, Dioumacor Fall^{1

2

4}, Mathieu Ndigue Faye^{2

5}, Rediet Oshone³, Stephen Simpson³, Krystalynne Morris³, W Kelley Thomas³, Lionel Moulin⁶, Diegane Diouf^{1

2

7}, Louis S Tisa⁸

Affiliations

¹ Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Bambey, Senegal.
² Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal.
³ University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
⁴ Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Senegal.
⁵ Centre National de Recherches Forestières, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Hann Dakar, Senegal.
⁶ Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement (IRD), UMR IPME 34394, Montpellier, France.
⁷ Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal.
⁸ University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA [email protected].

Abstract

The genus Ensifer (formerly Sinorhizobium) contains many species able to form nitrogen-fixing nodules on plants of the legume family. Here, we report the 6.1-Mb draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. strain LCM 4579, with a G+C content of 62.4% and 5,613 candidate protein-encoding genes.