Genetic divergence among Bradyrhizobium strains nodulating wild and cultivated Kummerowia spp. in China

Zhaojun Ji, Tianyan Liu, Jixing Zhang, Hui Yan, Entao Wang, Qingguo Cui, Wenxin Chen, Wenfeng Chen

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Abstract

Distribution of rhizobial species is affected by geographical isolation and selected by leguminous hosts, however, little is known about the molecular evolution of rhizobia nodulating the same legume in different eco-environments. In present study, the microevolution of Bradyrhizobium associated with the leguminous grass Kummerowia grown in exurban areas and cultivated in urban areas in China was investigated. Total 14 genospecies, including seven new groups, were identified based on a concatenated sequence analysis of taxonomic markers (SMc00019, truA and thrA) for 94 representative strains. Results demonstrated that lower levels of nucleotide diversity were found in the strains isolated from urban areas compared with those isolated from exurban areas, based on the evolutional analyses of three housekeeping genes (atpD, glnII and recA), two symbiosis-related genes (nodC and nifH), and the taxonomic markers. Moreover, compared with urban areas, gene exchange and recombination occurred more frequently among the genospecies isolated from exurban areas, regardless of the geographical distribution. Finally, the evolutionary lineage of Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from urban areas was independent of that of the strains isolated from exurban areas. In summary, the evolutionary history of Kummerowia bradyrhizobia may have been gradually segregated to different evolutionary lineages, irrespective of distinct biogeography.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)223-231
Number of pages9
JournalSystematic and Applied Microbiology
Volume42
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bradyrhizobium
  • Kummerowia
  • Microevolution
  • Phylogeny
  • Recombination
  • Urban segregation

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