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. 2018 Mar 14;9(3):163. doi: 10.3390/genes9030163

Table 1.

Genisteae species and their rhizobium symbionts.

Tribes and Genera Geographical Origin Rhizobium Symbionts and Sources
Genisteae
Adenocarpus
Adenocarpus decorticans Morocco Rhizobium [22]
Adenocarpus foliolosus Spain-Canary Islands Bradyrhizobium [23,24]
Adenocarpus hispanicus Spain Phyllobacterium [25]; Bradyrhizobium [26]
Argyrolobium
Argyrolobium lunare South Africa Mesorhizobium [27]
Argyrolobium rupestre South Africa Bradyrhizobium [28]
Argyrolobium sericeum South Africa Bradyrhizobium [28]
Argyrolobium velutinum South Africa Mesorhizobium [27]
Argyrolobium uniflorum Senegal, Tunisia Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium (=Ensifer) [29,30]; Sinorhizobium [31,32]; Rhizobium [33]
Calicotome
Calicotome infesta Italy Bradyrhizobium [34]
Calicotome spinosa Italy Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium [34]
Chamaecytisus
Chamaecytisus proliferus Morocco, Spain-Canary Islands, New Zealand Bradyrhizobium [23,24,35,36,37,38]
Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis Poland Bradyrhizobium [39]
Chamaecytisus ruthenicus Russia Bradyrhizobium [40]
Cytisus
Cytisus aeolicus Italy Bradyrhizobium [34]
Cytisus arboreus Morocco Rhizobium [22]
Cytisus balansae Spain Bradyrhizobium [41,42,43]
Cytisus grandiflorus Portugal Bradyrhizobium [21,44]
Cytisus laburnum Spain Bradyrhizobium [25]
Cytisus multiflorus Spain Bradyrhizobium [41,42,43]
Cytisus proliferus Spain-Canary Islands Bradyrhizobium [21,44]
Cytisus purgans Spain Agrobacterium, Rhizobium [25]
Cytisus scoparius Belgium, Ireland, Poland, Spain, UK, USA; Australia, New Zealand Bradyrhizobium [21,37,38,39,41,44,45]; Bradyrhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium [46]; Ochrobactrum cytisi [47]; Bradyrhizobium, Ensifer, Rhizobium, Phyllobacterium [48]
Cytisus striatus Spain Bradyrhizobium [39,42]
Cytisus triflorus Algeria, Morocco Bradyrhizobium [49,50]
Cytisus villosus Algeria, Morocco Bradyrhizobium [49,50,51,52,53]
Genista
Genista aspalathoides Italy Bradyrhizobium Clade II and Clade IV [34]
Genista germanica Poland Bradyrhizobium [39]
Genista hystrix Spain Bradyrhizobium [41,42]
Genista linifolia Spain Bradyrhizobium [54]
Genista monspessulana Spain Bradyrhizobium [54]
Genista saharae Algeria, Tunisia Ensifer, Phyllobacterium, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium [55]; Ensifer [31]; Ensifer, Mesorhizobium, Neorhizobium [56]
Genista stenopetala Spain-Canary Islands Bradyrhizobium [21,44]
Genista sylvestris Croatia Bradyrhizobium [21]
Genista tinctoria Poland, Russia, Slovenia Bradyrhizobium [21,57,58]; Phyllobacterium, Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium [40]
Genista versicolor Spain Bradyrhizobium [59]
Laburnum
Laburnum anagyroides Belgium, Croatia Bradyrhizobium [21,25]; Bradyrhizobium [48]
Lupinus
Lupinus albescens Brazil Bradyrhizobium [60,61]
Lupinus albus Poland, Spain Mesorhizobium [62,63]; Bradyrhizobium [44,60,64,65,66,67]
Lupinus angustifolius Australia, Poland, South Africa, Spain Bradyrhizobium [60,64,65,68,69]
Lupinus arboreus USA-California, New Zealand Bradyrhizobium [37,70,71]
Lupinus bandelierae Bolivia Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus bicolor USA-California Bradyrhizobium [71]
Lupinus bracteolaris Brazil Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus breviscapus Bolivia Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus campestris Mexico Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus cosentinii Australia, Spain Bradyrhizobium [64,68]
Lupinus hispanicus Spain Bradyrhizobium [64]
Lupinus honoratus Argentina Ochrobactrum [72]
Lupinus lepidus USA-Washington Bradyrhizobium [53,70]
Lupinus leucophyllus USA-Washington Bradyrhizobium [70]
Lupinus luteus Poland, Spain, USA Bradyrhizobium, Mesorhizobium [73]; Bradyrhizobium [64,65,69]
Lupinus mariae-josephae Spain Bradyrhizobium [64,74,75,76,77]
Lupinus micranthus Algeria, Spain, Tunisia Bradyrhizobium [64,78]; Bradyrhizobium, Microvirga, Phyllobacterium [79,80]
Lupinus misticola Peru Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus montanus Mexico-Morelos Bradyrhizobium [24]
Lupinus mutabilis Ecuador Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus nootkatensis USA-Alaska Bradyrhizobium [60,70]
Lupinus paraguariensis Brazil Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus paranensis Brazil Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus perennis USA Bradyrhizobium [81,82]
Lupinus polyphyllus Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, Poland Bosea [83]; Bradyrhizobium [24,60,84,85]; Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium [48]
Lupinus pycnostachys Bolivia Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus rubriflorus Brazil, Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus sericeus USA-Washington Bradyrhizobium [70]
Lupinus simulans Mexico-Oaxaca Bradyrhizobium [53,70]; Bradyrhizobium [53]
Lupinus succulentus USA-California Mesorhizobium [86]
Lupinus texensis USA-Texas Microvirga [87]
Lupinus tominensis Bolivia Bradyrhizobium [60]
Lupinus uleanus Brazil Bradyrhizobium [60]
Retama
Retama monosperma Algeria, Morocco, Spain Bradyrhizobium [88,89]
Retama raetam Algeria, Tunisia Agrobacterium, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) [90,91]; Bradyrhizobium [92]; Sinorhizobium [31]
Retama sphaerocarpa Algeria, Morocco, Spain Bradyrhizobium [21,41,88,92,93]; Bradyrhizobium, Phyllobacterium [25]
Spartium
Spartium junceum Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Spain Bradyrhizobium [21,34,50,94]; Bradyrhizobium, Phyllobacterium [25]
Teline
Teline canariense Spain Bradyrhizobium [23,24,35]
Teline monspessulana Italy Mesorhizobium [34]
Teline stenopetala Spain Bradyrhizobium [34]
Ulex
Ulex europaeus New Zealand, Portugal Bradyrhizobium [38,44,48,95,96]