Table 1.
Bacterial strains used in the present study.
| Species | Strains |
|---|---|
| Mesorhizobium | |
| M. amorphae | B276T (ACCC 19665T)1, ACCC19663, sh190012, ACCC19660 |
| M. septentrionale | SDW014T, SDW012, SDW033, SDW034, SDW035, SDW036, SDW073, SDW048, DW020, SDW028, SDW030, SDW065, SDW067, SDW068, SDW043, SDW047, SDW044, SDW032, SDW037, SDW021, SDW025, SDW060, SDW064 |
| M. temperatum | SDW015, SDW016, SDW018T, SDW039, SDW050, SDW055, SDW026, SDW038, SDW049, NM026, NM300 |
| M. gobiense | CCBAU 83330T, CCBAU 83346, CCBAU 83511 |
| M. tarimense | CCBAU 83306T, CCBAU 83321, CCBAU 83278 |
| M. chaoconense | LMG 19008T |
| M. ciceri | USDA 3378T |
| M. multihospitium | CCBAU 83401T, CCBAU 83345, CCBAU 83319, CCBAU 83325, CCBAU 83347, CCBAU 83348, CCBAU 83349, CCBAU 83277, CCBAU 83373, CCBAU 83374, CCBAU 83375, CCBAU 83376, CCBAU 83377, CCBAU 83380, CCBAU 83370, CCBAU 83332, CCBAU 83333, CCBAU 83283, CCBAU 83292, CCBAU 83359, CCBAU 83360, CCBAU 83364, CCBAU 83434, CCBAU 83435, CCBAU 83500, CCBAU 83501, CCBAU 83503, CCBAU 83504, CCBAU 83523, CCBAU 83524, CCBAU 83525 |
| M. huakui | CCBAU 2609T |
| M. loti | NZP 2213T |
| M. mediteraneum | USDA 3392T |
| M. plurifarium | LMG 11892T |
| M. tianshanense | A-1BST (CCBAU 3306)2, CCBAU 6, CCBAU 017A, CCBAU 032B, CCBAU 060A, CCBAU 005B, CCBAU 009B, CCBAU 91X01 |
| Rhizobium | |
| R. etli | CFN 42T |
| R. galegae | USDA 4128T (HAMBI540) |
| R. gallicum | USDA 2918T |
| R. giardinii | USDA 2914T (H152) |
| R. leguminosarum | USDA 2370T |
| R. mongolense | USDA 1844T |
| R. sullae | USDA 4950T (IS123) |
| R. tropici typeA | CFN 299T |
| R. tropici typeB | CIAT 899T (LMG9503) |
| R. daejeonense | CCBAU 10050T (IAM 15042) |
| R. yanglingense | CCBAU 71462 (sh246012), CBAU 71012 (sh17113), CCBAU 71078(sh1718), CCBAU 71623T (sh22623), CCBAU 71060 (sh1456), CCBAU 71152 (sh28931), CCBAU 71036 (sh0975) |
| R. indigoferae | CCBAU 71042T, CCBAU 71260 (SH712), CCBAU 71064 |
| R. miluonense | CCBAU 41108, CCBAU 41114, CCBAU 41128, CCBAU 41068, CCBAU 41018, CCBAU 41005, CCBAU 41132, CCBAU 41200, CCBAU 41031, CCBAU 41126, CCBAU 41164, CCBAU 41251T, CCBAU 41041, CCBAU 41231, CCBAU 41216, CCBAU 41141 |
| Sinorhizobium | |
| S. arboris | HAMBI 1552T |
| S. fredii | USDA 205T, CCBAU 103 (RX11) |
| S. kostiense | HAMBI 1489T |
| S. kummerowiae | CCBAU 71714T |
| S. medicae | USDA 1037T (A321) |
| S. meliloti | USDA 1002T |
| S. morelense | Lc04T (LMG 21331) |
| S. saheli | USDA 4102T |
| S. terangae | USDA 4101T |
| S. xinjiangnese | CCBAU 110T, CCBAU 109 (RX41), CCBAU 108, CCBAU 107 (RX31), CCBAU 105 (RX22) |
| Bradyrhizobium | |
| B. elkanii | USDA 76T |
| B. japonicum | USDA 6T |
| B. liaoningense | USDA 3622T |
| B. yuanmingense | CCBAU 10071T |
| Azorhizobium | |
| Az. caulinodans | USDA 4892T |
| Escherichia | |
| E. coli | DH5α |
1
Strain numbers in parenthesis are alternative strain numbers (the same strains but in different collection centers).
2
Underlined strains were selected for growth and storage studies.
The superscript letter T indicates the type strains of the species.