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Genomic Islands in Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021, Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont of Alfalfa.
- Source :
- Russian Journal of Genetics; Jul2018, Vol. 54 Issue 7, p759-769, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- In silico analysis of open reading frames of genomic islands of Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 was performed. This strain is a typical representative of soil bacteria forming nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legume host plants from the alfalfa cross-inoculation group. It was demonstrated that genomic islands had mosaic structure, in which blocks of functional genes, IS-elements and noncoding RNA alternated. Genomic islands contained as well the components of T4SS and T4CP systems, and lacked systems of conjugative mobilization of islands. It was concluded that two of the three islands could be the variants of reduced integrative conjugative elements, and the third island represented a reduced integrated conjugative transposon. Site-specific integration of islands occurred into a 15-31 bp sequence (depending on the island) localized at the 3′-end of the tRNA gene, which is then shifted rightward, while the remaining part of the tRNA gene is completed by a similar sequence that exists in the island. A suggestion on the existence of “speciesspecific insertion hotspots” for genomic islands of root nodule bacteria was put forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GENOMICS
SOIL microbiology
NITROGEN-fixing bacteria
LEGUMES
NON-coding RNA
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10227954
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Russian Journal of Genetics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130723171
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1134/S102279541807013X