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Table 2. Compatibility of Ensifer medicae WSM1115 with various Medicago and allied genera for nodulation (Nod) and N2-fixation (Fix)

From: Genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM1115; an acid-tolerant Medicago-nodulating microsymbiont from Samothraki, Greece

Species Name

Cultivar or line

Common Name

Growth Type

Nod

Fix

Reference

M. polymorpha

Santiago/Cavalier/Scimitar

Burr

Annual

+

+

IDA

M. truncatula

Caliph/Jester

Barrel

Annual

+

+

IDA

M. murex

Zodiac

Murex

Annual

+

+

IDA

M. sphaerocarpus

Orion

Sphere

Annual

+

+

IDA

M. scutellata

Sava/Silver/Essex

Snail

Annual

+

+

IDA

M. rugosa

Paraponto

Gama

Annual

+

+

IDA

M. littoralis

Herald/Harbinger

Strand

Annual

+

Poor

IDA

M. orbicularis

Estes

Button

Annual

+

+

[15]

M. rigiduloides

Accession PI 227850

Rigid

Annual

+(w)

[15]

M. rigidula

Accession PI 495552

Tifton

Annual

+(w)

[15]

M. arabica

Local ecotype

Spotted

Annual

+

+

[15]

M. minima

Devine

Woolly burr

Annual

+

+

[15]

M. sativa

SARDI Ten

Lucerne

Perennial

+

+

IDA

M. lupulina

“BEBLK”

Black

Perennial

+

+

[15]

Melilotus siculus

Accessions SA40006 & 39909

Messina

Annual

+

+

[17]

Melilotus albus

various accessions

Bokhara clover

Biennial

+

+

IDA

  1. (w) indicates nodules present were white.
  2. IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay from the Gene Ontology project [37].