Exploring the ecological and evolutionary impacts of exotic rhizobia inoculants on native soil microbiomes

Bradyrhizobium soybean symbionts isolated from UK soils following inoculation with commercial inoculant products. JHI826 isolated in Dundee, Scotland following commercial inoculant trial (Maluk et al., 2023. Biological nitrogen fixation by soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.), a novel, high protein crop in Scotland, requires inoculation with non-native bradyrhizobia. Frontiers in Agronomy, 5, p.1196873.) 495soya32-2 isolated from Karst limestone soil in China, grown in a plant growth assay at James Hutton Institute, Dundee, Scotland. GW50 isolated from a soybean field in Kent, UK which had been inoculated with a Legume Technologies inoculant in 2019. GW140 isolated from a soybean field in Kent, UK which had been inoculated with a Legume Technologies inoculant in 2019.