Genome sequence ofEnsifer medicaestrain WSM1369; an effective microsymbiont of the annual legumeMedicago sphaerocarpos

Ensifer medicaeWSM1369 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont ofMedicago. WSM1369 was isolated in 1993 from a nodule recovered from the roots ofMedicago sphaerocarposgrowing at San Pietro di Rudas, near Aggius in Sardinia (Italy). WSM1369 is an effective microsymbiont of the annual forage legumesM. polymorphaandM. sphaerocarpos. Here we describe the features ofE. medicaeWSM1369, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,402,557 bp standard draft genome is arranged into 307 scaffolds of 307 contigs containing 6,656 protein-coding genes and 79 RNA-only encoding genes. This rhizobial genome is one of 100 sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.