Abstract
Bradyrhizobium sp.
strain WSM1417 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that was isolated from an effective nitrogen (N
2
) fixing root nodule of
Lupinus
sp. collected in Papudo, Chile, in 1995. However, this microsymbiont is a poorly effective N
2
fixer with the legume host
Lupinus angustifolius
L.; a lupin species of considerable economic importance in both Chile and Australia. The symbiosis formed with
L. angustifolius
produces less than half of the dry matter achieved by the symbioses with commercial inoculant strains such as
Bradyrhizobium sp.
strain WSM471. Therefore, WSM1417 is an important candidate strain with which to investigate the genetics of effective N
2
fixation in the lupin-bradyrhizobia symbioses. Here we describe the features of
Bradyrhizobium sp.
strain WSM1417, together with genome sequence information and annotation. The 8,048,963 bp high-quality-draft genome is arranged in a single scaffold of 2 contigs, contains 7,695 protein-coding genes and 77 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 20 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Community Sequencing Program.