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. 2015 Jul 10;10(1):64–74. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.103

Table 1. Symbiotic properties of various Bradyrhizobium strains on Aeschynomene indica.

Strain Accession Nodulationa Infectionb ARA activityc T3SSd
B. betae LMG 21987 T 0 — 0 −
B. canariense LMG 22265 T 0 — 0 −
B. elkanii USDA61 20.6 Inter 0 GS
B. elkanii USDA76 14.6 Inter 0 GS
B. elkanii USDA94 25 Inter 0 GS
B. japonicum USDA4 0 — 0 GS
B. japonicum USDA110 0 — 0 GS
B. japonicum USDA38 0 — 0 GS
B. japonicum USDA122 0 — 0 GS
B. japonicum USDA124 0 — 0 GS
B. liaoningense LMG 18230 T 0 — 0 +
B. yuanmingense LMG 21825 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. DOA9 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS86 19 ND 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS101 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS110 14.4 ND 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS111 17.6 ND 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS112 15.6 ND 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS121 6.6 inter 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS149 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS159 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS162 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS163 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS186 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS187 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS278 21.6 intra 100%-5/5 −
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS1824 19.6 ND 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS1836 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3557 4.6 intra 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3560 9.2 inter 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3561 7.5 intra 8.5%-3/5 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3562 10.4 inter 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3564 0 — 0 −
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3565 0 — 0 −
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3566 0 — 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3567 10.6 inter 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3569 25.8 inter 0 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM3571 9 intra 7.2%–3/5 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM6978/ORS3257 12 intra 14%–4/5 +
Bradyrhizobium sp. STM6980/ORS3409 12.5 intra 0 +
a

Number of nodules per plant (mean estimated on five plants).

b

inter, intercellular; intra, intracellular; ND, no bacteria detected in the nodule tissue; —, No nodule formed.

c

First, relative acetylene reduction activity (percentage of ORS278) estimated on 5 whole plants; Second, number of plants displaying an acetylene reduction assay (ARA) activity on the five plants tested.

d

Presence of T3SS (GS, deduced from the genome sequence; +, PCR using universal primers positive; −, PCR using universal primers negative).