Rhizobium etli CNPAF512 genome sequencing project. Rhizobium etli CNPAF512

Genomic DNA purified by the Gentra Puregene Core Kit A Rhizobium etli is a Gram-negative soil-dwelling á-proteobacterium that carries out symbiotic biological nitrogen fixation in close association with legume hosts. R. etli strains exhibit high sequence divergence and are geographically structured, with a potentially dramatic influence on the outcome of symbiosis. Here, we present the genome sequence of R. etli CNPAF512, a Brazilian isolate from bean nodules. We anticipate that the availability of genome sequences of R. etli strains from distinctly different areas will provide valuable new insights into the geographic mosaic of the R. etli pangenome and the evolutionary dynamics that shape it.