TABLE 1.
Strains used
| Straina | Other strain designation | Host plant or origin | Geographical originb | Reference or source | IGS PCR-RFLP grouping | AFLP grouping |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORS 18 | LMG 15159 | Alysicarpus ovalifolius | Dakar Bel-Air (CS) | 9 | VIII | 17 |
| ORS 23 | LMG 15161 | Tephrosia villosa | Dakar Bel-Air (CS) | 9 | VIII | 17 |
| ORS 28 | LMG 15164 | Indigofera tinctoria | Mbour (CS) | 9 | I | 36 |
| ORS 29 | LMG 15165 | Indigofera tinctoria | Mbour (CS) | 9 | I | 43 |
| ORS 30 | LMG 15166 | Indigofera hirsuta | Dakar Bel-Air (CS) | 9 | I | 36 |
| ORS 31 | LMG 15167 | Indigofera tinctoria | Pal (NS) | 9 | VIII | 17 |
| ORS 84 | LMG 15174 | Indigofera astragalina | Payar (CS) | 9 | I | 37 |
| ORS 85 | LMG 15175 | Indigofera astragalina | Payar (CS) | 9 | I | 47 |
| ORS 86 | LMG 15176 | Tephrosia purpurea | Bourel (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | XIII | 40 |
| ORS 87 | LMG 15177 | Tephrosia purpurea | Bourel (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | XIII | 40 |
| ORS 88 | LMG 15178 | Tephrosia purpurea | Bourel (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | XIII | 40 |
| ORS 89 | LMG 15179 | Tephrosia purpurea | Bourel (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | XIII | 34 |
| ORS 90 | R-2196 | Tephrosia sp. | Bourel (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | XIII | 34 |
| ORS 523 | R-2194 | Indigofera senegalensis | Dakar Bel-Air (CS) | 9 | VIII | NDc |
| ORS 935 | LMG 15269 | Rhynchosia minima | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 936 | LMG 15270 | Rhynchosia minima | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 937 | LMG 15271 | Rhynchosia minima | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 938 | LMG 15272 | Rhynchosia minima | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 976 | R-2197 | Indigofera senegalensis | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 977 | LMG 15273 | Indigofera senegalensis | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 978 | LMG 15274 | Indigofera senegalensis | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 979 | LMG 15275 | Indigofera senegalensis | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 980 | LMG 15276 | Indigofera senegalensis | Gueye Kadar (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 984 | LMG 15279 | Indigofera senegalensis | Mboumba (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | Sepd | Sep |
| ORS 986 | LMG 15280 | Indigofera senegalensis | Mboumba (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 987 | LMG 15281 | Indigofera senegalensis | Mboumba (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 1216 | LMG 15300 | Indigofera senegalensis | Boki Namadi (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | ND | Sep |
| ORS 1217 | LMG 15301 | Indigofera senegalensis | Boki Namadi (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 1218 | R-2200 | Indigofera senegalensis | Boki Namadi (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 1219 | LMG 15302 | Indigofera senegalensis | Boki Namadi (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 1220 | LMG 15303 | Indigofera senegalensis | Boki Namadi (Ferlo, NS) | 9 | VI | 46 |
| ORS 1228 | LMG 15304 | Indigofera astragalina | Payar (CS) | 9 | I | 47 |
| ORS 1229 | LMG 15305 | Indigofera astragalina | Payar (CS) | 9 | I | 37 |
| ORS 1810 | LMG 15242 | Crotalaria lathyroïdes | Kabrousse (Casamance, SS) | 9 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 1811 | LMG 15243 | Crotalaria goreensis | Kabrousse (Casamance, SS) | 9 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 1812 | LMG 15365 | Abrus stictosperma | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | XII | 42 |
| ORS 1813 | LMG 15244 | Crotalaria hyssopifolia | Kabrousse (Casamance, SS) | 9 | XI | Sep |
| ORS 1814 | LMG 15245 | Crotalaria hyssopifolia | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | XI | 19 |
| ORS 1815 | LMG 15246 | Crotalaria hyssopifolia | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 1816 | LMG 15247 | Crotalaria hyssopifolia | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 38 |
| ORS 1817 | LMG 15366 | Eriosema glomeratum | Oukout (Casamance, SS) | 9 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 1818 | LMG 15248 | Indigofera microcarpa | Oukout (Casamance, SS) | 9 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 1819 | LMG 15249 | Crotalaria retusa | Kabrousse (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 38 |
| ORS 1820 | LMG 15250 | Indigofera hirsuta | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 38 |
| ORS 1823 | LMG 15367 | Indigofera hirsuta | Wouring (Niokolokoba, SS) | 9 | XI | 19 |
| ORS 1824 | LMG 15253 | Indigofera hirsuta | Wouring (Niokolokoba, SS) | 9 | XI | 19 |
| ORS 1826 | LMG 15255 | Alysicarpus glumaceus | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | XI | 19 |
| ORS 1827 | LMG 15256 | Alysicarpus glumaceus | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | III | 44 |
| ORS 1828 | LMG 15368 | Alysicarpus ovalifolius | Niokolokoba (SS) | 9 | V | 20 |
| ORS 1831 | LMG 15369 | Alysicarpus rugosus | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | IV | 45 |
| ORS 1832 | LMG 15258 | Bryaspis lupulina | Kagnout (Casamance, SS) | 9 | VIII | 41 |
| ORS 1836 | LMG 15261 | Crotalaria glaucoïdes | Kaparang (Casamance, SS) | 9 | XI | 35 |
| ORS 1838 | LMG 15263 | Sesbania rostrata | Kaolack (CS) | 9 | VIII | 41 |
| ORS 1844 | LMG 15266 | Chamaecrista sp. | Karounate (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 38 |
| ORS 1845 | LMG 15267 | Moghania faginea | Kaparang (Casamance, SS) | 9 | III | 44 |
| ORS 1847 | LMG 15268 | Zornia glochidiata | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 1848 | LMG 15373 | Indigofera hirsuta | Kaparan (Casamance, SS) | 9 | Sep | 35 |
| ORS 1849 | LMG 15374 | Indigofera hirsuta | Fanghote (Casamance, SS) | 9 | XI | 19 |
| ORS 1894 | LMG 15696 | Indigofera hirsuta | Kolda (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 47 |
| ORS 1896 | LMG 15697 | Cassia absus | Kolda (Casamance, SS) | 9 | IV | 45 |
| ORS 1898 | LMG 15699 | Tephrosia bracteolata | Kolda (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 37 |
| ORS 1899 | LMG 15700 | Indigofera stenophylla | Kolda (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 43 |
| ORS 1903 | LMG 15702 | Tephrosia villosa | Kolda (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 37 |
| ORS 1905 | LMG 15703 | Tephrosia bracteolata | Kolda (Casamance, SS) | 9 | I | 33 |
| Bradyrhizobium sp. (Faidherbia) | ||||||
| ORS 101 | LMG 10664 | Faidherbia albida | Senegal | 10 | V | 20 |
| ORS 103 | LMG 10665 | Faidherbia albida | Dakar Bel-Air (CS) | 10 | V | 20 |
| ORS 110 | LMG 10666 | Faidherbia albida | Louga (NS) | 10 | XIII | Sep |
| ORS 112 | LMG 10668 | Faidherbia albida | Louga (NS) | 10 | XIII | 33 |
| ORS 117 | LMG 10673 | Faidherbia albida | Louga (NS) | 10 | XIII | 33 |
| ORS 121 | LMG 10677 | Faidherbia albida | Louga (NS) | 10 | XIV | 29 |
| ORS 130 | LMG 10686 | Faidherbia albida | Louga (NS) | 10 | XIV | 29 |
| ORS 133 | LMG 10689 | Faidherbia albida | Louga (NS) | 10 | XIII | Sep |
| ORS 156 | LMG 11951 | Faidherbia albida | Djinaki, Senegal | 10 | ND | 19 |
| ORS 166 | LMG 10709 | Faidherbia albida | Casamance (SS) | 10 | X | 31 |
| ORS 162 | LMG 10705 | Faidherbia albida | Casamance (SS) | 10 | X | 31 |
| ORS 163 | LMG 10706 | Faidherbia albida | Oussouye (Casamance, SS) | 10 | X | 31 |
| ORS 170 | LMG 10713 | Faidherbia albida | Bayotte (Casamance, SS) | 10 | XII | 42 |
| ORS 174 | LMG 10717 | Faidherbia albida | Badiana (Casamance, SS) | 10 | XIII | 33 |
| ORS 180 | LMG 10719 | Faidherbia albida | North Senegal | 10 | ND | 37 |
| ORS 184 | LMG 10723 | Faidherbia albida | Keur Momar Sarr (Guiers Lake, NS) | 10 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 187 | LMG 10726 | Faidherbia albida | Dagana (NS) | 10 | XI | 20 |
| ORS 188 | LMG 10727 | Faidherbia albida | Dagana (NS) | 10 | V | 20 |
| Bradyrhizobium sp. (Aeschynomene) | ||||||
| ORS 277 | LMG 12186 | Aeschynomene sensitiva | Elinkine (Casamance, SS) | 25 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 278 | LMG 12187 | Aeschynomene sensitiva | Elinkine (Casamance, SS) | 25 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 304 | LMG 8069 | Aeschynomene elaphroxylon | Guiers Lake (NS) | 1 | VIII | 17 |
| ORS 306 | LMG 8300 | Aeschynomene indica | Guiers Lake (NS) | 1 | XV | 28 |
| ORS 324 | LMG 8295 | Aeschynomene afraspera | Keur Maktar (NS) | 25 | XVI | 6 |
| ORS 347 | LMG 10298 | Aeschynomene afraspera | Tobor (Casamance, SS) | 2 | Sep | Sep |
| ORS 352 | LMG 15384 | Aeschynomene afraspera | Senegal | 25 | XVI | 6 |
| ORS 353 | LMG 15385 | Aeschynomene afraspera | Senegal | 25 | XVI | 6 |
| ORS 358 | LMG 10303 | Aeschynomene nilotica | 25 | ND | 34 | |
| BTAi1 | LMG 11795 | Aeschynomene indica | United States | 25 | XV | 28 |
| Bradyrhizobium japonicum | ||||||
| Bonnier 3.1 | LMG 4252 | Glycine max | II | 15 | ||
| Erdman 1BOa2 | LMG 4262 | Albizia julibrissin | ND | Sep | ||
| Erdman 3c3a1 | LMG 4265 | Ulex europaeus | ND | Sep | ||
| USDA 59 | LMG 4271 | Glycine max | North Carolina | II | 15 | |
| Erdman 314a8 | LMG 4272 | Pueraria lobata | ND | Sep | ||
| Erdman 316n10 | LMG 4274 | Vigna unguiculata | Sep | Sep | ||
| NZP 5533 | LMG 6136 | Glycine max | United States | VII | 12 | |
| NZP 5549T | LMG 6138T | Glycine max | Japan | 17 | II | 15 |
| USDA 135 | LMG 8321 | Glycine max | Iowa | V | 20 | |
| USDA 110 | Glycine max | Florida | VII | 12 | ||
| Bradyrhizobium elkanii | ||||||
| NZP 5531T | LMG 6134T | Glycine max | Maryland | 19 | XI | 32 |
| NZP 5532 | LMG 6135 | Glycine max | Wisconsin | 19 | XI | 32 |
| USDA 61 | Glycine max | North Carolina | XI | ND | ||
| Bradyrhizobium liaoningense | ||||||
| SFI 2281T | LMG 18230T | Glycine max | China | 42 | IX | 16 |
| SFI 2062 | LMG 18231 | Glycine max | China | 42 | IX | 16 |
| Bradyrhizobium sp. | ||||||
| NZP 2314 | LMG 6129 | Lotus pedunculatus | Australia | 26 | ND | 39 |
| USDA 3002 | LMG 8888 | Acacia decurens | Brazil | 26 | Sep | Sep |
| BR 6011 | LMG 9514 | Lonchocarpus costatus | Brazil | 26 | ND | Sep |
| BR 3606 | LMG 9959 | Acacia mollissima | Brazil | 26 | XI | Sep |
| BR 3621 | LMG 9966 | Acacia mangium | Espirito Santo, Brazil | 26, 27 | XI | 48 |
| BR 4406 | LMG 9980 | Enterolobium ellipticum Benth. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 26, 27 | ND | Sep |
| BR 8406 | LMG 10018 | Dalbergia nigra Allem. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 26, 27 | ND | 48 |
| INPA 9A | LMG 10029 | Derris sp. | Brazil | 26 | ND | Sep |
| TAL 1127 | LMG 10295 | Cajanus cajan | ND | 36 | ||
| ORS 58 | LMG 10663 | Dalbergia melanoxylon | Senegal | 9 | ND | 17 |
| MAR 1505 | LMG 14304 | Vigna unguiculata | 34 | ND | Sep | |
| MAR 1587 | LMG 14311 | Arachis hypogaea | 34 | ND | Sep | |
| MSDJ 718 | Lupinus luteus | France | 21 | Sep | 39 |
a
Original strain number, or as received. BR, strains from the CNPBS/EMBRAPA, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Biologia do Solo, Seropedica 23851, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Emprasa Brasiliera de Pesquisa Agropequaria; BCCM/LMG, Bacteria Collection, Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Ghent, Belgium; MAR, Soil Productivity Research Laboratory, Marondera, Zimbabwe; MSDJ, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Microbiologie des Sols, Dijon, France; INPA, National Institute of Amazonia Research, Manaus, Brazil; NZP, Culture Collection of the Department for Scientific and Industrial Research, Biochemistry Division, Palmerston North, New Zealand; ORS, ORSTOM Collection, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP 1386, Dakar, Senegal; R-, Research collection of the Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Ghent, Belgium; SFI, Soils and Fertilizers Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China; TAL, Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Agricultural Legumes (NifTAL), University of Hawaii, Paia; USDA, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.
b
CS, central Senegal; NS, north Senegal; SS, south Senegal.
c
ND, not determined.
d
Sep, separate.