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Tab l e 4 . 3
Host plants known to be nodulated by species of
Sinorhizobium/Ensifer
. Mimosoid
genera indicated in bold
Species
Hosts
abri
Abrus precatorius
adhaerens
????
arboris
Acacia senegal, Prosopis chilensis
fredii
Glycine max
indiaense
Sesbania rostrata
kostiense
Acacia senegal, Prosopis chilensis
kummerowiae
Kummerowia stipulacea
medicae
Medicago orbicula, M. polymorpha, M. truncatula
meliloti
Medicago. Melilotus, Trigonella
mexicanus
1
Acacia angustissima
morelense
Leucaena leucocephala
saheli
Acacia
, Sesbania
terangae
Acacia
, Sesbania
xinjiangense
2
Glycine max
1
Lloret et al. (2007). This host species has now been placed in the genus
Acaciella
(see Chapter 1).
2
Now thought to be conspecific with
S. fredii
(Martens et al., 2008).
4.1.3 Other members of Rhizobiaceae
Another genus in the Rhizobiaceae,
Shinella
, has recently been isolated from the impor-
tant Chinese herb species
Kummerowia stipulacea
(Lin et al., 2008). Although this isolate
was not fully authenticated by showing nodulation on its host of origin, the fact that it
possesses
nodCD
genes and
nifH
similar to those in
Rhizobium etli
supports its inclusion
as a genuine nodulating organism.
4.1.4
Bradyrhizobium
Table 4.4 gives the currently accepted species of
Bradyrhizobium
. Most are from soy-
beans and none as yet from outside Papilionoideae. As noted above for
Trifolium,
Tab l e 4 . 4
Host plants known to be nodulated by species of
Bradyrhizobium
Species
Hosts
canariense
Chamaecytisus, Lupinus
denitrificans
Aeschynomene indica
elkani
Glycine max
japonicum
Glycine max
jicomae
1
Pachyrhizus erosus
liaoningense
Glycine max
pachyrhizi
1
Pachyrhizus erosus
yuanmingense
Lespedeza, Medicago, Melilotus
1
Ramirez-Bahena et al. (2009).
