TABLE 1.
Sources of the Canarian isolates and reference strains used in this study
| Straina (synonym) | Original hostb | Geographic origin | Sourcec |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC-C1* (BTA-5) | C. proliferus ssp. proliferus var. canariae | Gran Canaria | This study |
| BC-C2* (BTA-6) | C. proliferus ssp. proliferus var. palmensis | Gran Canaria | This study |
| BC-P5* (BTA-8) | C. proliferus ssp. proliferus var. palmensis | La Palma | This study |
| BC-P6* (BTA-9) | C. proliferus ssp. proliferus var. palmensis | La Palma | This study |
| BC-P7* | C. proliferus ssp. proliferus var. calderae | La Palma | This study |
| BES-1 | C. proliferus ssp. angustifolius | Tenerife | M. León-Barrios, ULL |
| BGA-1 | Teline stenopetala | La Palma | M. León-Barrios, ULL |
| BRE-1 | Teline canariensis | Tenerife | M. León-Barrios, ULL |
| BTA-1 | C. proliferus ssp. proliferus var. palmensis | Tenerife | M. León-Barrios, ULL |
| B. japonicum USDA 110spc4 | Glycine max | United States | H. Hennecke, ETH Zurich |
| Bradyrhizobium sp. strain (Centrosema) CIAT 3101 | Centrosema plumieri | Colombia | M. C. Bolaños, CIAT |
| Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899T | Phaseolus vulgaris | Colombia | E. Martínez, UNAM |
| R. etli CFN 42T | Phaseolus vulgaris | Mexico | E. Martínez, UNAM |
| Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 | M. M. López, IVIA | ||
| Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 12983 | ATCC |
Strains without generic or specific epithets correspond to the Canarian isolates. Strains labeled with an asterisk were isolated by one of the authors (P.V.). Synonyms are taken from the work of Santamaría et al. (31). T, type strain.
The nomenclature of the C. proliferus complex is taken from the study of Acebes-Ginovés et al. (1). ssp., subspecies.
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; CIAT, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia; ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland; IVIA, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valencia, Spain; UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México; ULL, Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.