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ArticleMicrobiologyOpen2023

Genomics of the "tumorigenes" clade of the family Rhizobiaceae and description of Rhizobium rhododendri sp. nov.

Nemanja Kuzmanović, George C diCenzo, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Anja Frühling, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Jörg Overmann, Kornelia Smalla

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Article in MicrobiologyOpen, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nemanja KuzmanovićJulius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Urban Green, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3635-6813
George C diCenzoDepartment of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3889-6570
Boyke BunkLeibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8420-8161
Cathrin SpröerLeibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
Anja FrühlingLeibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
Meina Neumann-SchaalLeibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1641-019X
Jörg OvermannLeibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3909-7201
Kornelia SmallaJulius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7653-5560
Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures · DEJulius Kühn-Institut · DEQueen's University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumorigenic members of the family Rhizobiaceae, known as agrobacteria, are responsible for crown and cane gall diseases of various crops worldwide. Tumorigenic agrobacteria are commonly found in the genera Agrobacterium, Allorhizobium, and Rhizobium. In this study, we analyzed a distinct "tumorigenes" clade of the genus Rhizobium, which includes the tumorigenic species Rhizobium tumorigenes, as well as strains causing crown gall disease on rhododendron. Here, high-quality, closed genomes of representatives of the "tumorigenes" clade were generated, followed by comparative genomic and phylogenomic analyses. Additionally, the phenotypic characteristics of representatives of the "tumorigenes" clade were analyzed. Our results showed that the tumorigenic strains isolated from rhododendron represent a novel species of the genus Rhizobium for which the name Rhizobium rhododendri sp. nov. is proposed. This species also includes additional strains originating from blueberry and Himalayan blackberry in the United States, whose genome sequences were retrieved from GenBank. Both R. tumorigenes and R. rhododendri contain multipartite genomes, including a chromosome, putative chromids, and megaplasmids. Synteny and phylogenetic analyses indicated that a large putative chromid of R. rhododendri resulted from the cointegration of an ancestral megaplasmid and two putative chromids, following its divergence from R. tumorigenes. Moreover, gene clusters specific for both species of the "tumorigenes" clade were identified, and their biological functions and roles in the ecological diversification of R. rhododendri and R. tumorigenes were predicted and discussed.

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RhizobiaceaeRhizobiumAgrobacteriumBacterial Typing TechniquesDNA, BacterialFatty AcidsGenomicsPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNADNA, BacterialFatty AcidsRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sblackberrycrown gallgenomicspan-genome analysisrhododendrontaxonomy

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