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Table 2. Mimosoid legumes tested for nodulation with Burkholderia phymatum STM815

From: Complete Genome sequence of Burkholderia phymatum STM815T, a broad host range and efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Mimosa species

Tribe / Genus

Species

Nodulation by STM815

Tribe Mimoseae*

  

Acacia

farnesiana, karroo, nilotica var. kraussiana, nilotica var. leiocarpa, pennatula, schaffneri, seyal, tortilis

F

Anadenanthera

pavonina, colubrina

F

Desmanthus

bicornutus, fruticosus, virgatus

O

Dichrostachys

cinerea, microcephala

O

Leucaena

collinsii, cuspidata, pulverulenta, trichodes

N

 

confertiflora, esculenta, greggii, retusa, salvadorensis

O

 

leucocephala, multicapitula

F

Microlobius

foetidus

O

Mimosa

aculeaticarpa1, luisana1, setosissima4

O

 

acutistipula1, albida1, albolanata4, artemisiana1, bimucronata1, caesalpiniifolia1, camporum1, cordistipula4, debilis4, diplotricha1, foliolosa4, flocculosa1, hexandra1, himalayana1, invisa1, latispinosa1, ophtalmocentra1, pigra1, polydactyla1, pudica1, somnians1, tenuiflora, setosa4, ursina4, velloziana4, xanthocentra4

F

 

adenocarpa1, affinis1, bahamensis1, blanchetii1, borealis1, callithrix4, claussenii4, decorticans4, delicatula1, densa4, dysocarpa1, melanocarpa4, menabeensis1, polyantha1, scabrella1, uruguensis1

I

Neptunia

dimorphantha, gracilis, majore, monosperma, plena

O

 

oleracea

N

Parapiptadenia

rigida

N

Piptadenia

gonoacantha, stipulacea, viridiflora 2

F

Pityrocarpa 3

moniliformis, obliqua

F

Prosopis

africana, farcta, glandulosa, velutina

O

 

chilensis, pubescens

N

 

juliflora

F

Schleinitzia

novo-guineensis

O

Stryphnodendron

coriaceum, guianensis, pulcherrimum

O

Tribe Ingeae

  

Acacia (Ac)

senegal

N

Acacia (P)

dealbata

O

 

mangium

N

Albizia

adenocephala, kalkora, niopoides

O

 

julibrissin

N

Calliandra

houstiana var. acapulcens, houstiana var. anomala, houstiana var. calothyrsus, juzepczukii, trinervia

F

 

physocalyx, rubescens

N

Chloroleucon

tortum

O

Enterolobium

cyclocarpum

O

Faidherbia

albida

N

Pithecellobium

dulce

F

Samanea

saman

O

Zapoteca

tetragona

O

  1. Legend: O = no nodules formed; N = outgrowths on roots, superficially similar to nodules but ineffective; I = nodules formed are inefficient; F = nitrogen fixing nodules formed (these may not all be fully effective, but plants gave acetylene reduction values at least twice that of non-nodulated control plants).
  2. *This is taken to include Acacia subgenus Acacia, now thought to be closely related to tribe Mimoseae and given the generic name Vachellia by some.
  3. This is taken to include Acacia, subgenera Aculeiferum (Ac) and Phyllodineae (P). The species listed below are now also included in genera Senegalia and Acacia respectively. Species from other genera in former Acacia have not been studied here.
  4. 1 Nodulation data from [9]; 2 This species has been transferred to an as yet unnamed genus by [27]; 3 This genus was formerly in Piptadenia [27]; 4 Nodulation data from [6]. Nodulation data for other legumes are from unpublished data from E.K. James and L. Moulin.