Comparative Genomics of Aeschynomene Symbionts: Insights into the Ecological Lifestyle of Nod-Independent Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia
Identifieur interne : 000417 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 000416; suivant : 000418Comparative Genomics of Aeschynomene Symbionts: Insights into the Ecological Lifestyle of Nod-Independent Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia
Auteurs : Damien Mornico ; Lucie Miché ; Gilles Béna ; Nico Nouwen ; André Verméglio ; David Vallenet ; Alexander A. T. Smith ; Eric Giraud ; Claudine Médigue ; Lionel MoulinSource :
- Genes [ 2073-4425 ] ; 2011.
Abstract
Tropical aquatic species of the legume genus
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DOI: 10.3390/genes3010035
PubMed: 24704842
PubMed Central: 3899966
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Smith</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af2-genes-03-00035">LABGeM, CEA-Genoscope & CNRS-UMR8030, 91057 Evry, France; E-Mails:<email>vallenet@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.V.);<email>asmith@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (A.A.T.S.);<email>cmedigue@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (C.M.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Giraud, Eric" sort="Giraud, Eric" uniqKey="Giraud E" first="Eric" last="Giraud">Eric Giraud</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Medigue, Claudine" sort="Medigue, Claudine" uniqKey="Medigue C" first="Claudine" last="Médigue">Claudine Médigue</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af2-genes-03-00035">LABGeM, CEA-Genoscope & CNRS-UMR8030, 91057 Evry, France; E-Mails:<email>vallenet@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.V.);<email>asmith@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (A.A.T.S.);<email>cmedigue@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (C.M.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Moulin, Lionel" sort="Moulin, Lionel" uniqKey="Moulin L" first="Lionel" last="Moulin">Lionel Moulin</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">24704842</idno><idno type="pmc">3899966</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899966</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:3899966</idno><idno type="doi">10.3390/genes3010035</idno><date when="2011">2011</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000417</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000417</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Comparative Genomics of <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> Symbionts: Insights into the Ecological Lifestyle of Nod-Independent Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia</title><author><name sortKey="Mornico, Damien" sort="Mornico, Damien" uniqKey="Mornico D" first="Damien" last="Mornico">Damien Mornico</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af2-genes-03-00035">LABGeM, CEA-Genoscope & CNRS-UMR8030, 91057 Evry, France; E-Mails:<email>vallenet@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.V.);<email>asmith@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (A.A.T.S.);<email>cmedigue@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (C.M.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Miche, Lucie" sort="Miche, Lucie" uniqKey="Miche L" first="Lucie" last="Miché">Lucie Miché</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Bena, Gilles" sort="Bena, Gilles" uniqKey="Bena G" first="Gilles" last="Béna">Gilles Béna</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af3-genes-03-00035">LMBM, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Av. Ibn Batouta BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Nouwen, Nico" sort="Nouwen, Nico" uniqKey="Nouwen N" first="Nico" last="Nouwen">Nico Nouwen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Vermeglio, Andre" sort="Vermeglio, Andre" uniqKey="Vermeglio A" first="André" last="Verméglio">André Verméglio</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af4-genes-03-00035">Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Cellulaire, CEA Cadarache, DSV, IBEB, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France; E-Mail:<email>andre.vermeglio@cea.fr</email></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Vallenet, David" sort="Vallenet, David" uniqKey="Vallenet D" first="David" last="Vallenet">David Vallenet</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af2-genes-03-00035">LABGeM, CEA-Genoscope & CNRS-UMR8030, 91057 Evry, France; E-Mails:<email>vallenet@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.V.);<email>asmith@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (A.A.T.S.);<email>cmedigue@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (C.M.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Smith, Alexander A T" sort="Smith, Alexander A T" uniqKey="Smith A" first="Alexander A. T." last="Smith">Alexander A. T. Smith</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af2-genes-03-00035">LABGeM, CEA-Genoscope & CNRS-UMR8030, 91057 Evry, France; E-Mails:<email>vallenet@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.V.);<email>asmith@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (A.A.T.S.);<email>cmedigue@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (C.M.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Giraud, Eric" sort="Giraud, Eric" uniqKey="Giraud E" first="Eric" last="Giraud">Eric Giraud</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Medigue, Claudine" sort="Medigue, Claudine" uniqKey="Medigue C" first="Claudine" last="Médigue">Claudine Médigue</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af2-genes-03-00035">LABGeM, CEA-Genoscope & CNRS-UMR8030, 91057 Evry, France; E-Mails:<email>vallenet@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.V.);<email>asmith@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (A.A.T.S.);<email>cmedigue@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (C.M.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Moulin, Lionel" sort="Moulin, Lionel" uniqKey="Moulin L" first="Lionel" last="Moulin">Lionel Moulin</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="af1-genes-03-00035">IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Genes</title><idno type="eISSN">2073-4425</idno><imprint><date when="2011">2011</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p>Tropical aquatic species of the legume genus <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> are stem- and root-nodulated by bradyrhizobia strains that exhibit atypical features such as photosynthetic capacities or the use of a <italic>nod</italic> gene-dependent (ND) or a <italic>nod</italic> gene-independent (NI) pathway to enter into symbiosis with legumes. In this study we used a comparative genomics approach on nine <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> symbionts representative of their phylogenetic diversity. We produced draft genomes of bradyrhizobial strains representing different phenotypes: five NI photosynthetic strains (STM3809, ORS375, STM3847, STM4509 and STM4523) in addition to the previously sequenced ORS278 and BTAi1 genomes, one photosynthetic strain ORS285 hosting both ND and NI symbiotic systems, and one NI non-photosynthetic strain (STM3843). Comparative genomics allowed us to infer the core, pan and dispensable genomes of <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> bradyrhizobia, and to detect specific genes and their location in Genomic Islands (GI). Specific gene sets linked to photosynthetic and NI/ND abilities were identified, and are currently being studied in functional analyses.</p></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Gyaneshwar, P" uniqKey="Gyaneshwar P">P. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Genes (Basel)</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Genes (Basel)</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">genes</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Genes</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2073-4425</issn><publisher><publisher-name>MDPI</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">24704842</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3899966</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3390/genes3010035</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">genes-03-00035</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Comparative Genomics of <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> Symbionts: Insights into the Ecological Lifestyle of Nod-Independent Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mornico</surname><given-names>Damien</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-genes-03-00035">1</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-genes-03-00035">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Miché</surname><given-names>Lucie</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-genes-03-00035">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Béna</surname><given-names>Gilles</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-genes-03-00035">1</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af3-genes-03-00035">3</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Nouwen</surname><given-names>Nico</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-genes-03-00035">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Verméglio</surname><given-names>André</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af4-genes-03-00035">4</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Vallenet</surname><given-names>David</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-genes-03-00035">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Smith</surname><given-names>Alexander A.T.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-genes-03-00035">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Giraud</surname><given-names>Eric</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-genes-03-00035">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Médigue</surname><given-names>Claudine</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-genes-03-00035">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Moulin</surname><given-names>Lionel</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-genes-03-00035">1</xref><xref rid="c1-genes-03-00035" ref-type="corresp">*</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="af1-genes-03-00035"><label>1</label>IRD-LSTM, UMR113, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France; E-Mails:<email>dmornico@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.M.);<email>lucie.miche@univ-provence.fr</email> (L.M.);<email>gilles.bena@ird.fr</email> (G.B.);<email>nico.nouwen@ird.fr</email> (N.N.);<email>eric.giraud@ird.fr</email> (E.G.)</aff><aff id="af2-genes-03-00035"><label>2</label>LABGeM, CEA-Genoscope & CNRS-UMR8030, 91057 Evry, France; E-Mails:<email>vallenet@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (D.V.);<email>asmith@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (A.A.T.S.);<email>cmedigue@genoscope.cns.fr</email> (C.M.)</aff><aff id="af3-genes-03-00035"><label>3</label>LMBM, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Av. Ibn Batouta BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco</aff><aff id="af4-genes-03-00035"><label>4</label>Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Cellulaire, CEA Cadarache, DSV, IBEB, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France; E-Mail:<email>andre.vermeglio@cea.fr</email></aff><author-notes><corresp id="c1-genes-03-00035"><label>* </label>Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: <email>lionel.moulin@ird.fr</email>; Tel.: +33-4-6759-3763; Fax: +33-4-6759-3802.</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>21</day><month>12</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="collection"><month>3</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>3</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>35</fpage><lpage>61</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>16</day><month>9</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>08</day><month>11</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>23</day><month>11</month><year>2011</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2012</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><license-p><pmc-comment>CREATIVE COMMONS</pmc-comment>This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</ext-link>).</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Tropical aquatic species of the legume genus <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> are stem- and root-nodulated by bradyrhizobia strains that exhibit atypical features such as photosynthetic capacities or the use of a <italic>nod</italic> gene-dependent (ND) or a <italic>nod</italic> gene-independent (NI) pathway to enter into symbiosis with legumes. In this study we used a comparative genomics approach on nine <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> symbionts representative of their phylogenetic diversity. We produced draft genomes of bradyrhizobial strains representing different phenotypes: five NI photosynthetic strains (STM3809, ORS375, STM3847, STM4509 and STM4523) in addition to the previously sequenced ORS278 and BTAi1 genomes, one photosynthetic strain ORS285 hosting both ND and NI symbiotic systems, and one NI non-photosynthetic strain (STM3843). Comparative genomics allowed us to infer the core, pan and dispensable genomes of <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> bradyrhizobia, and to detect specific genes and their location in Genomic Islands (GI). Specific gene sets linked to photosynthetic and NI/ND abilities were identified, and are currently being studied in functional analyses.</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>rhizobia</kwd><kwd>genomics</kwd><kwd><italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic></kwd><kwd><italic>Aeschynomene</italic></kwd><kwd>nod-independent</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Rhizobia are soil bacteria able to develop nitrogen-fixing symbioses with legumes, by the formation of organ-like structures on plant roots called nodules. Following differentiation into bacteroids, they transform atmospheric dinitrogen into ammonium that they provide to the plant in exchange for carbohydrates. Rhizobia are polyphyletic and spread among the classes Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria [<xref rid="B1-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>]. <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> is a genus within alphaproteobacteria comprising many symbiotic species phylogenetically spread into three main clades: the <italic>B. japonicum</italic> clade, the <italic>B. elkanii</italic> clade and the photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> (PB) clade [<xref rid="B2-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>,<xref rid="B3-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>].</p><p>The photosynthetic bradyrhizobia clade is composed of symbionts specific to the tropical <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> legume species, on which they form root but also stem nodules. Stem nodulation is a plant-dependent ability quite unusual in legumes, described in only five genera (<italic>Aeschynomene</italic>, <italic>Discolobium</italic>, <italic>Neptunia</italic>, <italic>Sesbania</italic> and <italic>Vigna</italic>) and is often associated to the plants’ aquatic life in wet or temporarily flooded habitats [<xref rid="B4-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>,<xref rid="B5-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">5</xref>]<italic>.</italic> The infection process in <italic>Sesbania rostrata</italic> and <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> species during water-stress conditions occurs by “crack entry” (a process different from root hair curling) by intercellular infection of epidermal fissures (cracks) generated by the emergence of lateral roots [<xref rid="B6-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>,<xref rid="B7-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>]. The nodulation process between <italic>Sesbania rostrata</italic> and its specific symbiont <italic>Azorhizobium caulinodans</italic> occurs via a classic Nod-factor dependent process [<xref rid="B7-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>,<xref rid="B8-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>]. The symbiotic interaction between <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> and photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic>, however, presents several particularities. First, by definition, PB possess a photosynthetic activity [<xref rid="B9-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>] that might play a role in symbiosis, either by conferring a selective advantage for bacterial survival <italic>ex planta</italic> (as a supplementary source of energy), and/or by facilitating bacterial infectivity and symbiotic effectiveness [<xref rid="B10-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>,<xref rid="B11-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">11</xref>]. Second, some photosynthetic bradyrhizobia lack the canonical nodulation genes (genome-based analyses on ORS278 and BTAi1) and use an unknown <italic>nod</italic> gene-independent pathway to form nodules on some <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> species [<xref rid="B12-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>,<xref rid="B13-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> species are categorized into three cross-inoculation (CI) groups [<xref rid="B14-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>,<xref rid="B15-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">15</xref>], linked to specific features of their symbionts mentioned above: their photosynthetic ability, their capacity to form stem nodules, and finally their use of a <italic>nod</italic> gene-dependent (ND) or <italic>nod</italic> gene-independent (NI) symbiotic pathway. The CI group I includes <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> species nodulated only on their roots by non-photosynthetic bradyrhizobia, stem nodulation being restricted to CI group 2 and 3. CI group 3 is characterized by plant species nodulated only by PB lacking nodulation (<italic>nod</italic>) genes (NI, as strains ORS278 and BTAi1 symbiotic of <italic>A. indica</italic> and <italic>A. sensitiva</italic>), while CI group 2 species are nodulated by both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic strains (as <italic>A. afraspera</italic>) [<xref rid="B14-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>]. It is relevant to note that photosynthetic strains able to nodulate CI group 2 (as ORS285) nodulate also CI group 3, as they carry both the ND and NI systems. Indeed an isogenic <italic>nod</italic>A minus mutant of ORS285 lost its symbiotic ability on CI group 2 but was still able to nodulate efficiently CI group 3 [<xref rid="B13-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. In a recent study, Miché and colleagues [<xref rid="B16-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>] sampled many rhizobial strains on CI group 3 <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> species in Central and South America. All isolates belonged to the PB clade, except a new group of non-photosynthetic strains phylogenetically placed at an intermediate position between the photosynthetic clade and the <italic>B. japonicum</italic>/<italic>B. elkanii</italic> clades, and nodulating the <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> CI group 3 (stem and roots) by the NI pathway (see <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f001">Figure 1</xref>, STM3843 clade).</p><fig id="genes-03-00035-f001" position="float"><label>Figure 1</label><caption><p>Maximum likelihood <italic>recA</italic> phylogeny of <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> bradyrhizobial symbionts indicating the position of genome-sequenced strains. Adapted from [<xref rid="B16-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. Numbers at nodes are bootstrap percentages from 100 replicates. Roman numbers indicate clades defined from AFLP analyses and <italic>recA</italic> phylogeny in [<xref rid="B16-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]. Abbreviations: PB: photosynthetic bradyrhizobia; Sep: separate group with no affiliated number; ND/NI: nod gene dependent/independent symbiotic pathway.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="genes-03-00035-g001"></graphic></fig><p>Research is currently under way to identify the genetic bases of the NI symbiotic pathway. Traditional genetic approaches using a random Tn5 transposon insertion allowed the identification of mutants affected in nodule development and nitrogen fixation [<xref rid="B12-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>]. However, no complete nodulation deficient mutants were identified during this screening, underlining a potential functional redundancy in genes involved in the early steps of this interaction, and the need for different approaches to identify them.</p><p>To better understand how photosynthetic bradyrhizobia have adapted to their particular niches (aquatic, nodules on <italic>Aeschynomene</italic>), we developed in this study a comparative genomics approach on several strains with a focus on the nod-dependent/nod-independent and photosynthetic/non-photosynthetic bacterial lifestyles. To reach this aim, we sequenced and compared the genomes of (i) five nod gene independent (NI) PB strains of CI group 3 from different sub-branches of the PB clade (ORS375, STM3809, STM3847, STM4509 and STM4523) and included the previously sequenced ORS278 and BTAi1 genomes; (ii) a PB strain hosting both ND and NI genetic bases (ORS285, CI group 2); (iii) a NI non-photosynthetic strain of CI group 3 (STM3843). Comparative genomics analyses allowed us to (i) infer the genomic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of PB genomes (core and accessory gene sets, Genomic Islands); (ii) identify gene sets potentially involved in symbiosis and photosynthesis. The latter are currently being studied by functional analyses.</p></sec><sec><title>2. Results and Discussion</title><sec><title>2.1. Genomic Features of Bradyrhizobial Genomes</title><p>This study compares 10 <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genomes, including nine genomes of <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> symbionts, and the genome of <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110. Three complete genomes were already published (<italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> sp. BTAi1, <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> sp. ORS278 [<xref rid="B13-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>], <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110 [<xref rid="B17-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>]). Seven strains were sequenced for this study, selected as representatives of almost every phylogenetic branch of the photosynthetic bradyrhizobia clade (isolated from worldwide <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> species) as established in the <italic>recA</italic> gene phylogeny published in [<xref rid="B16-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>] (see <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f001">Figure 1</xref> for phylogenetic placement). Genetic features and sequencing methodologies used for each strain are given in <xref ref-type="table" rid="genes-03-00035-t001">Table 1</xref>.</p><table-wrap id="genes-03-00035-t001" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="pii">genes-03-00035-t001_Table 1</object-id><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Bacterial strains and genome sequencing statistics.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Strain/Replicon</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Group *</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CI Group</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Geographical Origin</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ND/NI</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sequencing Status</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Nb Contigs</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Size (bp)</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Accession Number</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="9" align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1">Photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> clade </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ORS278</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">VIII</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Senegal</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Complete</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7456587</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NC_009445</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BTAi1 Chr</td><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="middle" colspan="1">Sep</td><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="middle" colspan="1">3</td><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="middle" colspan="1">USA</td><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="middle" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Complete</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8264689</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NC_009485</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BTAi1 Pl</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Complete</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">228826</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NC_009475</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>ORS375</bold></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">III</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Senegal</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">454 + Solexa</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">497</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7909110</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CAFI01000001-497 <sup>&</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>STM3809</bold></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">X</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F. Guiana</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">454 + Solexa</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">803</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7391986</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CAFJ01000001-803 <sup>&</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>ORS285</bold></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">VI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Senegal</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Both <sup>%</sup></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">454 (30X)</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">301</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7632258</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CAFH01000001-301 <sup>&</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>STM3847</bold></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">VII</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F. Guiana</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Solexa 20X</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">152475</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10121035 <sup>§</sup></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ERP000868 <sup>$</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>STM4509</bold></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">II</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mexico</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Solexa 20X</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">190139</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9206235 <sup>§</sup></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ERP000868 <sup>$</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>STM4523</bold></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sep</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mexico</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Solexa 20X</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">158371</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8610503 <sup>§</sup></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ERP000868 <sup>$</sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1">Non-photosynthetic strain </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>STM3843</bold></td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">XI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">F. Guiana</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NI</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">454 + Solexa</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">350</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8469730</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CAFK01000001-350 <sup>&</sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1"><italic>B. japonicum</italic></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">USDA110</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Sep</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">USA</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ND</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Complete</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9105828</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NC_004463</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>Strain genomes sequenced in this study are in bold. * Species or AFLP group was defined according to [<xref rid="B16-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]; Sep: separate group with no affiliated number; ND/NI: nod-dependent or nod-independent strain according to [<xref rid="B13-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>,<xref rid="B16-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>]; CI: <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> cross inoculation group according to [<xref rid="B14-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>,<xref rid="B15-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">15</xref>]; <sup>%</sup>: ORS285 hosts both systems; <sup>§</sup>: genome size estimates from Solexa read contig assemblies; <sup>&</sup> EBI accession numbers; <sup>$</sup> ENA (trace archive) accession number for solexa reads [<xref rid="B18-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">18</xref>].</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>Presence of plasmids was checked for by PFGE analysis (not shown), as well as the search for replication genes (<italic>rep</italic>ABC) within each genome. All 10 genomes seem to be composed of a unique chromosome, except strain BTAi1 which also harbors a plasmid [<xref rid="B19-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">19</xref>]. <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110 possesses the biggest genome with a length of 9,105,828 bp, and <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic>. sp. STM3809 the smallest with 7,391,986 bp (<xref ref-type="table" rid="genes-03-00035-t001">Table 1</xref>; when excluding Solexa draft genomes for which size inference is uncertain). Bradyrhizobial genomes are GC rich bacteria with an average content of 65% (G + C). The protein coding density has an average of 86% and the number of CDS fluctuates between 6,750 (ORS278) and 9,650 (<italic>B. japonicum</italic>). Strains host between 3 and 6 rRNA genes in 1 to 3 operons, and 47 to 52 tRNA genes were identified in the various strains (<xref ref-type="table" rid="genes-03-00035-t002">Table 2</xref>). Codon and amino-acid usage is identical within bradyrhizobia (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S1</xref>), which can be explained by the same GC genome content (64%–66%) and their phylogenetic proximity.</p><table-wrap id="genes-03-00035-t002" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="pii">genes-03-00035-t002_Table 2</object-id><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Genomic features of bradyrhizobial genomes.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Strain</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">GC%</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CDS N</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CDS L</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">IGR (bp)</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">PCD (%)</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">rRNA</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">tRNA</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">MscRNA</th><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">NRR (%)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ORS278</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">65.51</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6748</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">952.1</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">180.23</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">85.50</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8.76</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BTAi1 chr</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">64.92</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7466</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">959.42</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">176.72</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">85.59</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">52</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.33</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BTAi1 pl</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">60.71</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">257</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">800.2</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">186.02</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">79.42</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4.75</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ORS285</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">65.23</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6848</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">955.92</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">184.32</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">85.41</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">49</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.45</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">ORS375</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">65.49</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7348</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">921.28</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">182.92</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">84.99</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">52</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">11</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10.22</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">STM3809</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">66.18</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7142</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">879.79</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">182.97</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">84.19</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">47</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.42</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">STM3843</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">63.3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">8399</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">878.57</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">159.54</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">86.30</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">48</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">10</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5.10</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BjUSDA110</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">64.06</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9648</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">862.74</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">135.17</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">88.98</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td><td align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9.53</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn><p>Abbreviations used: CDS: Coding Sequences; CDS-N: CDS number; CDS L: mean CDS Length; PCD: Protein coding density; Msc: Miscellanous; NRR: Nosferatu Repeated Region; bp: base pair.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></sec><sec><title>2.2. Core, Dispensable and Strain-Specific Genes</title><p>A comparative analysis of gene content was undertaken to classify genes into groups depending on their degree of orthology/conservation among strains, following a bidirectional best hits approach (see <xref ref-type="sec" rid="sec3-genes-03-00035">Experimental Section</xref>). This analysis was performed on seven genomes (fragmented Solexa genomes were not included). First, genes present in strictly all seven genomes were pooled in a group called “core-genome”. Then, genes identified in only one genome were pooled in groups “specific” to each strain. All other genes, present in a least two genomes (but not in all), were pooled in a group called “dispensable genome”. Finally, the pangenome includes all genes (core, dispensable and specific). This analysis is illustrated by a Venn diagram presented in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f002">Figure 2</xref>A.</p><fig id="genes-03-00035-f002" position="float"><label>Figure 2</label><caption><p>(<bold>A</bold>) Comparative gene orthology between seven genomes of <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic>. Numbers indicates the shared gene sets between groups of strains, satisfying the following criteria: BBH (bidirectional best hits) with 40% amino-acid identity on 80% of the smallest protein; (<bold>B</bold>) Core and pangenome gene count in the Bradyrhizobiaceae family. CDS indicates the number of protein-coding genes in each genome listed in x-axis. The y-axis indicates the number of genes in core and pangenome when adding genomes in the x-axis to the comparative analysis. The presented tree was built by Maximum likelihood (GTR + I + G model) on a partition of 5 taxonomic marker genes (<italic>atpD</italic>, <italic>dnaK</italic>, <italic>recA</italic>, <italic>rpoB</italic>, <italic>rpoD</italic>), with bootstrapped nodes (100 replicates). Japonicum/Bj: <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110; Rpal: <italic>Rhodopseudomonas palustris</italic>; Nwi: <italic>Nitrobacter winogradskii</italic>; Nham: <italic>Nitrobacter hamburgensis</italic>; Azo: <italic>Azorhizobium caulinodans</italic>.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="genes-03-00035-g002"></graphic></fig><p>The core genome of bradyrhizobia (<italic>i.e</italic>., genes shared by all seven strains) is composed of 3,663 genes, of which 67% have an annotated function, 32% encode conserved proteins of unknown function, and only 1% are hypothetical proteins (see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S2A</xref>). This core gene set included all 206 genes from the minimal bacterial gene-set described in [<xref rid="B20-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>]: genes encoding DNA replication or repair machinery (DNA polymerase subunits, gyrase or helicase), transcription and translation enzymes and factors (RNA polymerase, amino-acids-tRNA synthases, ribosomal proteins, <italic>etc</italic>.), transport (PTS system), energy and intermediary metabolism (ATP synthase, acyl-CoA synthase, glycolysis enzymes). The dispensable genome was the largest group with 9,395 genes, reflecting a high rate of horizontal gene transfer and the metabolic versatility among bradyrhizobia. It was composed of 8% of hypothetical proteins, 35% of conserved proteins of unknown function, and 65% of proteins with functional annotation (statistics almost identical to the core genome annotation). The specific gene set of each genome ranges from 489 to 3,268 genes, and was directly related to the phylogenetic distance between one strain and its closest neighbors. For example, a strong correlation was found between the phylogenetic distance of <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> strains towards ORS278 (based on a distance matrix of the 6 genes used in MLSA for <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f002">Figure 2</xref>B) and their number of specific genes compared to ORS278 (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.87). <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110 is the most distant from other strains (harboring 3,268 specific genes) followed by STM3843 (1,892 specific genes), that is at an intermediate phylogenetic distance between USDA110 and the photosynthetic strains clade (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f002">Figure 2</xref>B).</p><p>Photosynthetic strains harbors between 489 and 1,002 specific genes. BTAi1 genome exhibits the largest number of specific genes, of which 125 are located on its plasmid (pBRAB). pBRAB contains 296 CDS, meaning that 171 (57%) of these plasmidic genes are chromosomal in other strains, but they were not arranged in groups with obvious synteny to the chromosomes. Among the strain-specific gene sets, most genes were annotated as hypothetical protein (from 37% to 66% depending on strain) or conserved protein of unknown function (4% to 27%; with orthologs founds in RefSeq or Uniprot databases, see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S2A–C</xref>), but several functions of ecological interest could be identified. For example, the ORS278 specific gene set encodes gas vesicle proteins (used by cyanobacteria to adjust their position in water depending on light conditions [<xref rid="B21-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">21</xref>]) and RTX toxins (gram-negative exotoxin); the BTAi1 one encodes transporters involved in heavy metal resistance, a type IV secretion system, uptake hydrogenases (Hup/Hyp proteins, recycling of hydrogen produced during the nitrogen fixation process in legume nodules, [<xref rid="B19-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">19</xref>]), a siderophore, an additional ATP synthase; the ORS285 specific gene set encodes several non-ribosomal peptide synthetase, a glycopeptide antibiotic (Tyrocidine synthetase 3); ORS375 contains specific genes encoding enzymes involved in anaerobic benzoate degradation pathway (AliB), gas vesicle proteins (GvpF/L), arsenic resistance; a bacteriophytochrome (BphB); STM3809 harbors specific genes encoding enzymes involved in catechol (CatABCD) and aromatic acid degradation (XylY, XylZ, BenA, BenD). In the case of STM3843 (1,892 specific genes), it was possible to identify functions involved in vitamin biosynthesis (B1, B2, B12), fumarate catabolism, urease metabolism, many adenylate/guanylate cyclases (regulation of AMPc/GMPc secondary messengers), rhizopine catabolism (<italic>moc</italic> genes), fermentation of carbohydrates (pyruvate pathway-<italic>por</italic>AB genes), biosynthesis of LPS and EPS (<italic>exo</italic> genes, <italic>O</italic>-antigen synthesis), and several toxin/antitoxin (TA, as YoeB-YefM) modules involved in bacterial stress response and/or stabilization of chromosomal integrons [<xref rid="B22-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">22</xref>].</p><p>Each group of genes was functionally annotated according to the KEGG classification and distribution of functional categories of genes were compared between strain-specific, dispensable and bradyrhizobial core genes (shown in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S2B,C</xref>). In general, specific and dispensable gene sets exhibited the same KEGG distribution, both differing highly in proportions from the core genome for several functions such as “xenobiotics degradation and metabolism” and “membrane transport” (mainly ABC transporters and secretions systems; see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S2B</xref>) that are over-represented in the specific and dispensable gene sets, or cell routine functions (translation, protein folding, nucleotide metabolism) that are almost specific to the core gene set.</p><p>A distribution of the core and pangenome at different taxonomic levels (PB clade, <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genus, Bradyrhizobiaceae family) is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f002">Figure 2</xref>B. The core genome of the PB clade (including 5 photosynthetic bradyrhizobia) is composed of 4,792 genes, which decreases to 4,208 for <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> symbionts (PB clade + STM3843; excluding Bj USDA110), then to 3,663 (<italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genus), 1,632 (Bradyrhizobiaceae family, including <italic>Rhodopseudomonas</italic> and <italic>Nitrobacter</italic> genomes), and finally drops to 1,212 after inclusion of an out-family alphaproteobacteria (<italic>Azorhizobium</italic>). The pangenome gene number increases dramatically at each addition of a new bacterial genome, reaching 12,040 genes at 5 PB strains, with an increased rate when shifting taxonomical borders (13,898 with STM3843, 16,488 with USDA110, ending at 20,162 for the Bradyrhizobiaceae family). It does not seem to reach a plateau even after addition of 5 PB genomes, reflecting the large genomic diversity within this clade. By comparison, the core and pangenome of 5 <italic>Rhodopseudomonas</italic> strains (Bradyrhizobiaceae family, closely related to bradyrhizobia and belonging to at least 4 several species) contain 3,319 and 8,000 genes, respectively [<xref rid="B23-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">23</xref>], around 30% less than the <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genus.</p></sec><sec><title>2.3. Whole Genome Comparative Analyses and Distribution of Genomic Islands</title><p>Whole genome alignments were performed on the basis of a reference genome (see <xref ref-type="sec" rid="sec3-genes-03-00035">Experimental Section</xref>). <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f003">Figure 3</xref> presents whole genome alignments based on ORS278 (3A), ORS285 (3B), STM3843 (3C) and USDA110 (3D) with 9 genomes of <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> (other genomes and larger genome views are available as <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S4</xref>). This representation allows inclusion of complete, draft and even highly fragmented genomes (obtained by Solexa technology).</p><p>The first result obtained from <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f003">Figure 3</xref> is the high genome homology between strains from the PB clade (darker blue layers on <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f003">Figure 3</xref>A,B), while less apparent when STM3843 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f003">Figure 3</xref>C) or USDA110 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f003">Figure 3</xref>D) were used as reference genomes (lighter blue circles around the reference genome). Interestingly, when <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110 was used as the reference genome (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f003">Figure 3</xref>D), the 680 kb symbiotic island (localized between 1.7 and 2.3 Mb in USDA110 genome, integrated into a val-tRNA gene) did not show any match with the <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> symbionts genomes, except for <italic>nif</italic> and <italic>fix</italic> genes for all strains (encoding the symbiotic nitrogen fixation system), the <italic>nodABCIJ</italic> and a type 3 secretion system for ORS285 (that use both ND and NI systems). However, circular views also allow the detection of various “small” GI, exemplified by holes in the blue layers around the reference genome. As shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f003">Figure 3</xref>, many GI were found among genomes, some being shared between strains. This analysis was further explored using RGP finder (see <xref ref-type="sec" rid="sec3-genes-03-00035">Experimental Section</xref>), and all detected GI were numbered and their distribution among bradyrhizobial genomes was investigated (except on the 3 solexa-based genomes). <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S1</xref> presents the listing and distribution of 613 detected GI (see Mat&Methods section for details), with associated functions and distribution in bradyrhizobial genomes. In PB genomes (5 genome-based), 278 GI were found (53 to 78 GI per genome), of which 33 (11%) host phage-related functions, 14 (6%) carry conjugal transfer genes, and 45 (16%) carry transposases or fragments of transposases. Overall, these GI carrying mobile elements represents 27% of PB GI-hosted genes.</p><p>A dendrogram based on the presence/absence of GI was built, and compared to a phylogeny based on the core genome set (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f004">Figure 4</xref>). Interestingly, both trees were slightly discordant with a different position of STM3809 within the PB clade that seemed correlated in the GI-based dendrogram with the geographical origin of strains (STM3809 and BTAi1 are of American origin, while ORS strains are of West African origin). In both trees, STM3843 and <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110 diverged from the PB clade, reflecting their high taxonomic distance to the PB clade.</p><fig id="genes-03-00035-f003" position="float"><label>Figure 3</label><caption><p>Circular view of whole genome alignments of bradyrhizobial genomes. Genomes were aligned to a reference genome [for (<bold>A</bold>) ORS278, (<bold>B</bold>) ORS285, (<bold>C</bold>) STM3843, (<bold>D</bold>) USDA110)]. The localization of aligned genomes is given as a list from inner to outter circles in the center of each figure. Legend (from inner to outter layer of circles: genome scale (kb), GC deviation (gray), GC skew (orange), aligned genomes (aligned parts are in blue, each layer is a different genome, strains are listed close to the reference genome name in the center of each figure, from inner to outer layers), GI (purple), core genome (red), specific genes to reference genomes (pink). Higher resolution images for each genome analysis are available in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S4</xref>.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="genes-03-00035-g003"></graphic></fig><fig id="genes-03-00035-f004" position="float"><label>Figure 4</label><caption><p>Comparison of core-genome based phylogeny and a dendrogram based on GI distribution across bradyrhizobial genomes.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="genes-03-00035-g004"></graphic></fig></sec><sec><title>2.4. Metabolic Network Comparison of Strains</title><p>A principal component analysis was performed to describe the completion (measured as a percentage) of all known metabolic pathways present in the seven <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genomes in order to find metabolic specificities or common pathways among several strains. This analysis was associated with the symbiotic and photosynthetic phenotypes of strains. The three first factorial axis (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f005">Figure 5</xref>, <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S5</xref>) captured over 80% of the total data variability. The first factor (Factor 1) isolates metabolic specificities of <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110 against other strains, Factor 2 captures variability of STM3843 compared with the others, and the third axis (Factor 3) separates BTAi1 from the other genomes.</p><p>Strain segregation in the PCA plots can be explained by the metabolic differences which are larger in USDA110, STM3843 and BTAi1 compared to other strains. On the first factorial plane (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f005">Figure 5</xref>), 64 pathways more complete in <italic>B. japonicum</italic> are represented by red vectors pointing in its direction, indicative of many metabolic specificities of this strain compared to others (biosynthesis of various molecules from carbohydrates to amino-acids, degradation of many xenobiotics, see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S2</xref>). Pathways more complete in STM3843 (separated from others on second factorial plane, vector group 6, 20 pathways) included metabolic enzymes involved in biosynthesis and degradation of various substrates. Specific metabolic pathways for photosynthetic strains (vector 4) included 13 pathways with known roles in photosynthesis (bacteriochlorophyll a biosynthesis, phytyl diphosphate biosynthesis). Finally, 60 pathways more complete in nod-independent strains (First factorial plan, vector 2 and 7) separated them from nod-dependent ones. These pathways included many degradation enzymes (of molecules such as atrazine, nitrobenzene, purine, pyrimidine) and biosynthesis enzymes (for products as phycocyanobilin).</p><fig id="genes-03-00035-f005" position="float"><label>Figure 5</label><caption><p>Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of seven Bradyrhizobium genomes, performed on a two dimensional matrix compiling metabolic pathway completion values (the number of enzymatic reactions with coding genes for pathway x in a given organism, divided by the total number of reactions in pathway x as defined in the MetaCyc database; see <xref ref-type="sec" rid="sec3-genes-03-00035">Experimental Section</xref>) across all genomes. In the plot, each genome is represented by a point, whereas pathways are shown as colored vectors. Pathways with correlated completion values across organisms (vectors with similar orientation) have been clustered (corresponding to numbers 1 to 7) and drawn in the same color (vectors of pathways with identical completions overlap). Genomes can be associated with their representative and characteristic groups of metabolic pathways (<italic>i.e</italic>., vectors “pointing in their direction”). The corresponding pathway functions are listed in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S2</xref>. Vector length encodes the quality of representation of the pathway in the presented plot (<italic>i.e</italic>., the longer a vector is, the more representative its pathway is for genomes on the same side of the plot). Abbreviations: photo−/photo+: non-photosynthetic/photosynthetic strains; Nod+/Nod−: nod-dependent/nod-independent strains).</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="genes-03-00035-g005"></graphic></fig></sec><sec><title>2.5. Functional Exploration of Genomes: Focus on Photosynthetic and Symbiotic Abilities</title><p>Orthologs within dispensable gene groups were searched for among strains sharing the photosynthetic/non-photosynthetic and nod-dependent/nod-independent phenotypes (strain using <italic>nod</italic> genes to develop their symbiosis with the plant host or not). The phylogenetic profile (“phyloprofile” for short) exploration of genomes is presented in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f006">Figure 6</xref>A (photosynthesis) and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f006">Figure 6</xref>B (symbiosis). A KEGG functional classification of specific genes for each phenotype is presented in <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S3</xref>.</p><fig id="genes-03-00035-f006" position="float"><label>Figure 6</label><caption><p>Phyloprofile exploration of genomes according to photosynthetic (<bold>A</bold>) and nodulation (<bold>B</bold>) abilities.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="genes-03-00035-g006"></graphic></fig><sec><title>2.5.1. Photosynthetic <italic>Versus</italic> Non-Photosynthetic Strains</title><p>The specific gene set of PB is composed of 269 genes, of which 50% were annotated with functions known to be involved in bacterial photosynthesis (see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S3</xref> for the complete listing of genes), 64 (23%) were annotated as hypothetical proteins, and 74 (27%) as conserved proteins of unknown functions. <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S4</xref> presents a list of photosynthetic strain-specific gene set with annotated functions, sort by functional roles.</p><p>Bacterial photosynthesis has been shown to play an important role during stem symbiosis with <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> plants. It has been proposed that during the early steps of symbiosis, the energy provided by the photosynthetic apparatus facilitates <italic>ex planta</italic> survival and infectivity whereas during the later steps this energy can be used by the bacteria to fix nitrogen, thus limiting the demand for plant photosynthetates [<xref rid="B10-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>]. All the genes necessary for the formation of the photosystem (PS) are clustered in a 50 kb-region, the so-called “photosynthesis gene cluster” or PGC that includes genes found in the 269 specific gene set of PB: (i) <italic>bch</italic> genes involved in bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis, (ii) <italic>crt</italic> genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis (spirilloxanthin), (iii) <italic>puc</italic> and <italic>puf</italic> genes which encode respectively the core proteins of the reaction center (RC) and for the light-harvesting complexes I (LHI), and (iv) several regulators (bacteriophytochrome and <italic>ppsR</italic> genes). The organization of the genes in the PGC is perfectly conserved in all the photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> strains examined during this study (ORS278, BTAi1, ORS285, ORS375 and STM3809) whereas none of these genes can be found in the non-photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> strains (USDA110 and STM3843). It is hypothesized that the ancestor of the <italic>Bradyrhizobium japonicum</italic> and <italic>B. elkanii</italic> clades was a photosynthetic free-living bacteria that later adapted to soil conditions and acquired nodulation genes, leading subsequently to a loss of the photosynthetic character due to a light-devoided habitat [<xref rid="B11-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">11</xref>]. The absence of any hallmark of acquisition of the PGC by lateral gene transfer (absence of insertion sequences, GC% nearly identical to the whole genome, no GC skew deviation), a phylogeny of <italic>pufL</italic> being nearly identical to the one of the core genome (not shown), and the fact that <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> species are closely related with the photosynthetic <italic>Rhodopseudomonas palustris</italic> species sustain this hypothesis.</p><p>The synthesis of the photosynthetic apparatus is under the control of an original regulatory mechanism that has been described in ORS278 and BTAi1 strains [<xref rid="B24-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>,<xref rid="B25-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>]. Its formation occurs only under far-red light illumination and semi-aerobic conditions and involves a control by a light receptor (the bacteriophytochrome <italic>Br</italic>BphP1) and two transcriptional factors of the PpsR family (PpsR1 which is redox sensitive acts as an activator whereas PpsR2 acts as a repressor and its activity is modulated by <italic>Br</italic>BphP1). These three regulators are encountered in the three other photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> strains, suggesting that this unusual mechanism of regulation of PS synthesis by light and oxygen tension is a typical feature of this bacterial group. This regulatory circuit appears to be perfectly adapted to promote PS synthesis during stem symbiosis [<xref rid="B24-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>].</p><p>Unlike ORS278 strain, the PS apparatus of BTAi1 strain contains additional peripheral light-harvesting complex (LH2) encoded by a <italic>pucBA</italic> operon. The expression of this operon is also under the control of a bacteriophytochrome (<italic>BBta_3080</italic>) found at the vicinity of the <italic>pucBA</italic> operon [<xref rid="B26-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">26</xref>]. Interestingly, this gene organization is found in two of the other three photosynthetic strains (ORS375 and STM3809) that were studied, suggesting that the presence of LH2 complexes is rather frequent in PB strains.</p><p>Several bacteriophytochromes genes have been detected in photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> strains (2 to 4). In particular, one bacteriophytochrome (BRADO2008) is encountered in all PB as well as in the non-photosynthetic strain STM3843. Up to now, no function for this bacteriophytochrome has been identified and no genes in relation with light could be found at its vicinity. We suspect that this function is not in relation with photosynthesis as it is also found in the non-photosynthetic strain STM3843 and no alteration in the photosynthetic activity of an ORS278 mutant was detected (data not shown). Some PB strains possess specific bacteriophytochromes. The ORS278 strain contains the gene BRADO1262, located on a Horizontally Acquired Island (HAI) together with genes involved in phycocyanobilin (PCB) and gas vesicle syntheses [<xref rid="B27-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>]. This bacteriophytochrome binds PCB as a chromophore instead of biliverdin and displays very atypical spectral properties [<xref rid="B27-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>]. The ORS375 strain also possesses a specific bacteriophytochrome (BRAO375v1_4770021) hosted on a HAI, though no functional data are yet available for this bacteriophytochrome.</p><p>The relatively high number of bacteriophytochromes found in PB strains (2 to 4, while 1 in STM3843, and none in <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110) indicate that these bacteria are well equipped to cope with a luminous environment, which is probably related to their ability to occupy an ecological niche exposed to sunlight (aquatic environment and phyllosphere). This niche is different from those of “classic” rhizobia, which inhabit soil and usually lack any bacteriophytochromes.</p><p>Photosynthesis can be defined as the biological process by which organisms make carbohydrates from CO<sub>2</sub> using energy captured from sunlight. The functional relationship between the photosystem and the Calvin Benson Bassham cycle (CBB) is also found at the genetic level. Indeed in all PB strains studied, a <italic>cbb</italic> gene cluster is found contiguous to the PGC. Interestingly, whereas the PGC has been lost (or is absent) in the non-photosynthetic strains (USDA110 and STM3843), a <italic>cbb</italic> gene cluster is found in perfect synteny in photosynthetic strains. These <italic>cbb</italic> genes are surely functional as it has been clearly demonstrated that <italic>B. japonicum</italic> is able to fix CO<sub>2</sub> in presence of Hydrogen [<xref rid="B28-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>]. The maintenance of a functional CBB cycle might be the result of a selective advantage but its role remains unknown. Recently, it has been described in the ORS278 strain that Rubisco, the key enzyme of the Calvin cycle, is required for an efficient symbiosis with <italic>A. indica</italic> [<xref rid="B29-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">29</xref>]. It has been proposed that the primary role of the CBB cycle is not to produce biomass but to act as an electron sink driving the cell’s excess electrons to CO<sub>2</sub> and thus oxidizing reduced factors. This role might be critical in the early steps of symbiosis when oxygen tension in the nodule becomes limiting and the nitrogenase activity is not yet established. In such conditions, the functioning of the CBB cycle might help deal with the pool of reduced cofactors produced by the Krebs cycle.</p></sec><sec><title>2.5.2. Focus On Nod-Dependent (ND) and Nod-Independent (NI) Symbiotic Strains</title><p>Since our genome set included strains exhibiting ND and NI symbiotic phenotypes, we looked at specific gene sets present only in nod-independent strains, by subtracting the <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110 gene set from the core genome of all <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> symbionts (ORS278, ORS285, BTAi1, ORS375 and STM3809). We hypothesized that all NI strains possess conserved genetic bases to establish their symbiotic interaction. This analysis revealed 446 genes specific to NI strains (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f006">Figure 6</xref>B). This relatively high number of genes is probably related to the close phylogenetic distance between the PB strains (thus sharing many metabolic pathways due to their common ecological niche) and their monophyly. This gene set was also explored in solexa-based draft genomes (STM3847, STM4509 and STM4523) using tblastn searches, and 62 genes were found absent among the 3 genomes, though their absence could be the consequence of the fact that these genomes aren’t completely assembled. These absent genes encoded mainly hypothetical or conserved hypothetical proteins.</p><p>The functional annotation of the 446 genes (see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Figure S3</xref> for KEGG classification and <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S5</xref> for a complete listing) showed 104 hypothetical proteins (23%), 125 conserved proteins of unknown function (28%), and 217 (49%) genes with annotated functions of which 23 had a gene name. Several functions putatively involved in symbiosis were found and are listed in <xref ref-type="table" rid="genes-03-00035-t003">Table 3</xref>: </p><list list-type="simple"><list-item><label>(i)</label><p>Regulatory genes of which many are two-component regulatory proteins (9 genes with sensor/histidine kinase domains), diguanylate cyclase (BRADO0188, BRADO1402, BRADO6510), circadian clock proteins KaiB and KaiC involved in circadian rythms (BRADO1478 and 1479);</p></list-item><list-item><label>(ii)</label><p>Catabolic enzymes: catabolic pathways for protocatechuate (BRADO2235 to 2343, BRADO2378-2379) and vanillate degradation (BRADO1851), two compounds derived from lignin monomers [<xref rid="B30-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>] (lignin being an abundant constituent of plant cell walls); NUDIX hydrolases that hydrolyse a wide range of organic pyrophosphates and reflect the metabolic complexity and adaptability of a given organism [<xref rid="B31-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">31</xref>]; various catabolic enzymes especially in Taurine degradation;</p></list-item><list-item><label>(iii)</label><p><italic>N</italic>-acetyl-glucosamine modifying enzymes as UDP-<italic>N</italic>-Acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase (BRADO6639), with some proteins containing TPR repeats (BRADO4235, BRADO7123);</p></list-item><list-item><label>(iv)</label><p>Polysaccharide & glycan biosynthesis with 2 specific NI gene regions: BRADO4794-4814 with enzymes involved in wall techoic acid biosynthesis, an anionic polymer that decorate the peptidoglycan layers of many Gram-positive organisms; and BRADO5154-5204 located on a GI in all PB strains;</p></list-item><list-item><label>(v)</label><p>Biosynthesis of various molecules including carotenoids (BRADO0659), Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) (BRADO7016), antibiotics (BRADO1346), cobalamin (B12 vitamin, BRADO4898-4917), and a type 3 polyketide synthase (BRADO0151);</p></list-item><list-item><label>(vi)</label><p>Nitrogen fixation as <italic>nifV</italic> (BRADO5390), encoding an homocitrate synthase responsible for <italic>ex planta</italic> N<sub>2</sub> fixation ability [<xref rid="B32-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">32</xref>], as well as several nitrogen-fixation related genes (BRADO5414, 5416, 5418, 5424) clustered in an operon conserved among all NI strains as well as in <italic>Azorhizobium caulinodans</italic> ORS571, but not in rhizobia as <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA110, <italic>S. melioti</italic> 1021 or <italic>M. loti</italic> MAFF303099 (that do not fix nitrogen in the free-living state). Interestingly, this gene cluster is up-regulated in <italic>A. caulinodans</italic> ORS571 bacteroids on <italic>Sesbania rostrata</italic> stem nodules, indicating a probable specific role in symbiotic nitrogen fixation in these symbionts;</p></list-item><list-item><label>(vii)</label><p>Carbon monoxide oxidation (BRADO6025-6032), that catalyzes the reversible conversion between carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) and carbon monoxide (CO), and found in many marine bacterial genomes;</p></list-item><list-item><label>(viii)</label><p>Chemotaxis: several methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (receptor/sensory transducer);</p></list-item><list-item><label>(ix)</label><p>LuxI-LuxR quorum sensing with BRADO0941 involved in the biosynthesis of a cinnamoyl-HSL (Homo Serine Lactone), an unusual aryl-HSL [<xref rid="B33-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">33</xref>];</p></list-item><list-item><label>(x)</label><p>Transport: General secretion pathway protein (BRADO6338-type II, BRADO6341, 6344), HlyD-family protein (BRADO7122).</p></list-item></list><p>Some NI candidate genes were mutated by directed Tn5 insertions (BRADO7016-IAA biosynthesis, BRADO0151-type 3 polyketide synthase, and BRADO3025-1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme) but none of the obtained mutants were found to be altered in their symbiotic performance suggesting that these determinants are not critical for the Nod-independent process [<xref rid="B34-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">34</xref>].</p><p>Localization in GI was also investigated for the NI specific gene set. We had anticipated that the NI symbiotic pathway genes could be carried by a genomic island conserved among the NI strains. No signature of a conserved large symbiotic island (as in the USDA110 SI that harbored 60% of transposases of the whole genome [<xref rid="B17-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>]) could be identified among the NI strains. Unfortunately, the RGP search engine looked at various signatures of DNA (GC skew, tRNA) but focused on specific regions within one genome compared to others, thus excluding a genomic island if shared by all (or almost all) genomes. We thus mapped our gene set to the HAIs detected by DNA signatures (GC skew, tRNAs, Insertion Sequences) in our previous study on ORS278 [<xref rid="B13-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. Twenty genes were found harbored by HAIs, and are labeled in bold in <xref ref-type="table" rid="genes-03-00035-t003">Table 3</xref>. Most genes belonged to two HAIs in ORS278 (BRADO5154-BRADO5204, and BRADO4807-4814), and were also located in HAI in all NI strains. These genes are involved in the biosynthesis of polysaccharides (EPS, LPS), a class of molecules known to play important roles in legume invasion during symbiosis (attachment to roots, biofilm formation, or interaction with plant defenses) [<xref rid="B35-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">35</xref>].</p><p>To obtain further insight into the bacterial genes involved during the early steps of the Nod-independent symbiosis, a blind approach consisting in the screening of a large Tn5 mutant library (25,000 mutants) of the <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> ORS278 strain for their inability to induce nodules on <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> plants has been developed [<xref rid="B12-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>,<xref rid="B13-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>]. No strict nodulation-deficient mutants were found, but several mutants severely affected in nodule organogenesis were obtained. Among them, a mutant affected in a putative transcriptional factor of the TetR family (BRADO3272) was the only one to belong to the 446 NI specific gene pool. Interestingly, two upstream genes (BRADO3274 and BRADO3275) encode proteins of unknown functions and are also NI specific. Further studies are in progress in order to understand the role of this gene cluster during the NI symbiotic process. Apart from the BRADO3272 gene, no gene overlap could be found between mutants altered in symbiotic abilities and the comparative genomics approach. This result can be partially explained by the high redundancy of the 446 nod-independent specific gene set, of which 48% possess paralogs (>40% amino acid identity) in ORS278 (<xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S4</xref>). Symbiotic signals in classic rhizobia (Nod factors) and endomycorhizal fungi (Myc factors) are <italic>N</italic>-acetyl glucosamine derivatives [<xref rid="B36-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">36</xref>,<xref rid="B37-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">37</xref>,<xref rid="B38-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">38</xref>]. Enzymes involved in Glucosamine modifications were detected in the 446 genes set, as BRADO6639, encoding an UDP-<italic>N</italic>-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase, and BRADO4235/BRADO7123, two homologs encoding a putative <italic>O</italic>-<italic>N</italic>-acetylglucosamine transferase related protein with TPR domains. These genes are also good candidates for future directed mutagenesis studies.</p><table-wrap id="genes-03-00035-t003" position="float"><object-id pub-id-type="pii">genes-03-00035-t003_Table 3</object-id><label>Table 3</label><caption><p>List of specific annotated genes in nod-independent bradyrhizobia. Genes in bold are located in HAIs detected in ORS278.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CDS labels</th><th align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Gene</th><th align="center" valign="middle" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Product</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Regulation</bold></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1">Two component regulatory systems</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO3895</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative two-component system, response regulator receiver</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4688</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative two-component system sensor protein with Hpt domain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4689</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative sensor histidine kinase with a response regulator receiver domain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5320</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative sensor histidine kinase (PAS & response regulator receiver)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6874</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative two component system, regulator receiver (CheY-like protein)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO7009</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative response regulator receiver (CheY-like protein)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO7010</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative sensor histidine kinase (receiver & phosphotransferase domains)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5682</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative two component sensor histidine kinase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1407</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Two-component system histidine kinase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5100</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Putative Two-component sensor histidine kinase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Transcriptional Regulators</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO3272</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative transcriptional regulatory protein, TetR/AcrR family</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO3678</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative transcriptional regulatory protein, TetR family</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5987</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative transcriptional regulator, TetR family</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Cyclases</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0188</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative diguanylate cyclase (GGDEF) domain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1402</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative diguanylate cyclase (GGDEF)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2821</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Adenylate cyclase with a CHAD domain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6510</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative diguanylate cyclase with GGDEF and EAL domains</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Circadian clock operon</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1478</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">kaiC</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">circadian clock protein kinase kaiC</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1479</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">kaiB</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">circadian clock protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1480</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative signal transduction histidine kinase with PAS/PAC domains</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1481</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative response regulator receiver (CheY-like protein)</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Catabolism</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Plant wall degradation</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1851</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">vanB</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">vanillate
<italic>O</italic>-demethylase oxidoreductase (Vanillate degradation)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2335-2343</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">protochatechuate transport and degradation (ligJABC)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2379</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase (4,5-PCD), alpha chain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2380</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2,3-dihydroxyphenylpropionate 1,2-dioxygenase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2382</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative transcriptional regulator, PadR-like family</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4665</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">hpcB</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">homoprotocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Various Catabolism/Detoxification</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0718</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative intradiol ring-cleavage dioxygenase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1842</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative amine oxidase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1843</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative ATPase, AAA family</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1844</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Glutathione S-transferase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1848</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative thiosulfate sulfurtransferase with Rhodanese-like domain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1849</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">conserved HP; putative oxidoreductase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4030</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative TauD/TfdA family dioxygenase (Taurine catabolism)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4031</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative dioxygenase; putative taurine dioxygenase (Taurine catabolism)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">NUDIX hydrolase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO3028</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative MutT/nudix family protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO3892</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative NUDIX-like hydrolase (modular protein)</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4664</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative NUDIX hydrolase</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Biosynthesis and modification enzymes</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1"><italic>N</italic>-AcetylGlucosamine modifying enzymes</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO3973</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative UDP-
<italic>N</italic>-Acetylgucosamine-Peptide-
<italic>N</italic>-Acetylglucosaminyl transferase subunit-related</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4235</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative
<italic>O</italic>-GlcNAc transferase related protein (TRP repeats)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6639</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">UDP-
<italic>N</italic>-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO7123</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative
<italic>O</italic>-GlcNAc transferase related protein (TRP repeats)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Polysaccharide biosynthesis & glycans</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4794</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4795</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative carbohydrate kinase (xylulose/erythritol kinase, lyx/eryA-like)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4796-4800</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative sugar ABC transporter (permease + ATP-binding)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4801</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative transcription regulator (EryD-like)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4802</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative carbohydrate kinase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4803</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative hydrolase (HAD superfamily)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4804</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative aldolase/epimerase (AraD-like)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO4807</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative 3-oxoacyl-acyl-carrier-protein reductase</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO4814</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative
<italic>N</italic>-acetyl-mannosamine transferase (teich </bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5154</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative Capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis protein</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5156</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative Asparagine synthetase</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5164</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative bifunctional enzyme (sugar kinase/cytidylyltransferase)</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5165</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative sugar-phosphate nucleotidyl transferase</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5167</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative Phosphoheptose isomerase</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5168</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative dTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5173</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative aminoglycoside phosphotransferase family protein</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5197</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>putative Glycosyl transferase, group 1</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>BRADO5204</bold></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><bold>phosphoheptose isomerase (Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate isomerase)</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6336</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative NiFe-hydrogenase/urease accessory HupE/UreJ family protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Others</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0151</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Type III polyketide synthase; putative chalcone synthase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0860</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative asparagine synthetase (glutamine-hydrolyzing)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1346</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Phenazine biosynthesis protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO1560</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative aldolase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4898</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative cobalt-precorrin-6A synthase, cbiD (Vitamin B12 biosynthesis)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4900</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative CobE protein (Vitamin B12 biosynthesis)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4906</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative precorrin-3B synthase (cobG) (Vitamin B12 biosynthesis)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4910</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative HupE/UreJ protein </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4916</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative cobalamin synthase (CobS family) (Vitamin B12 biosynthesis)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4917</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">alpha-ribazole phosphatase (anaerobic pathway cobalamin biosynthesis)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO7016</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase (IAA biosynthesis)</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Nitrogen fixation</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5389</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">cysE</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">serine acetyltransferase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5390</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">nifV</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">homocitrate synthase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5396</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative transcriptional regulatory protein (protein cheY homolog)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5403</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative carboxymethylenebutenolidase(DLH)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5410</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Ferredoxin, 2Fe-2S</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5411</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Aminotransferase, DegT/DnrJ/EryC1/StrS family</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5414</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">conserved HP (NifZ domain)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5416</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">LRV protein FeS4 cluster in
<italic>N</italic>-terminus</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5417</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">conserved HP; TPR repeat</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5418</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative iron-sulfur cluster assembly protein (SufA-like)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5424</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative nifU protein (C-terminal fragment)</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Carbon monoxide fixation</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6025</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Sensor histidine kinase (HWE family) with a GAF domain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6026</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">coxF</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, coxF accessory protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6027</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">coxE</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, coxE accessory protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6029</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">coxL</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">carbon monoxide dehydrogenase large chain</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6031</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">coxM</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">carbon monoxide dehydrogenase medium chain (CO-DH M)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6032</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">coxC</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, coxC signalling protein</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Photosynthesis & Carotenoid</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0659-0662</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">carotenoid synthesis </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2007</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative heme oxygenase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2008</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative bacteriophytochrome</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Quorum sensing</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0941</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">autoinducer (acylhomoserine lactone) synthase</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Chemotaxis</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO2926</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative Methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0678</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO3031</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative methyl-accepting chemotaxis receptor/sensory transducer</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO4514</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative bacterial chemotaxis sensory transducer</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO5051</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">conserved HP-cheL</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top:solid thin" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1"><bold>Transport</bold></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Transporters</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO0677</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative TRAP-dicarboxylate transporter (DctP subunit)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Secretion</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO6338-6344</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">general secretion pathway proteins (GspI, GspL)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">BRADO7122</td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">putative HlyD-family secretion protein</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>The specific gene set of nod-dependent strains (Bj USDA110 and ORS285) was also investigated for functions of ecological interest. This gene set was 10 times smaller (49 genes) than the nod-independent one (446 genes). This low number of genes reflects the high phylogenetic distance between USDA110 (BJ clade) and ORS285 (BP clade), as all genes in PB have been subtracted from the gene pool of ORS285 in this comparative analysis. This result adds support to the hypothesis of a transfer of the symbiotic island from the BJ clade to BP. Interestingly, if such transfers can be detected, they are either rare since no other genes (apart from symbiotic ones) were detected in common, or they are very widespread in PB and so were present in the subtracted gene pool. Among the 49 common genes in nod-dependent strains, two main classes of genes with a predicted function can be distinguished: as expected, the <italic>nod</italic> genes (<italic>nodD</italic>, <italic>nodA</italic>, <italic>nodB</italic>, <italic>nodC</italic>, <italic>nodS</italic>, <italic>nodU</italic>, <italic>nodI</italic>, <italic>nodJ</italic>, <italic>nodZ</italic>, <italic>noeI</italic>, <italic>nolA</italic>), and more interestingly, the <italic>rhc</italic> genes (also named <italic>tts</italic>) that encode core components of a type three-secretion system (T3SS) [<xref rid="B39-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">39</xref>,<xref rid="B40-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">40</xref>].</p><p>The <italic>nod</italic> gene equipment therefore appears very similar between the two strains ORS285 and USDA110. The only differences observed are the additional presence in <italic>B. japonicum</italic> of: (i) <italic>nolO</italic> which encodes a carbamoyltransferase and (ii) the two component regulatory system <italic>nodV/nodW.</italic> In counter-part, ORS285 possesses an additional <italic>nodL</italic> gene that encodes an acetyl transferase. In accordance with similar <italic>nod</italic> genes content are the facts that both strains produce the same major Nod factor (a pentameric LCO with a 2-<italic>O</italic>-methylfucose at the reducing end) and are able to nodulate common host plants; in particular, the <italic>B. japonicum</italic> strain was recently shown to induce root and stem nodules on <italic>A. afraspera</italic> [<xref rid="B41-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">41</xref>]. However, in contrast to the ORS285 strain, <italic>B. japonicum</italic> failed to induce nodule on <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> species which are nodulated by the nod-lacking strains such as <italic>A. indica</italic> and <italic>A. sensitiva</italic> suggesting that <italic>B. japonicum</italic> lacks key determinants required for the Nod-independent symbiotic process [<xref rid="B34-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">34</xref>].</p><p>In <italic>B. japonicum</italic>, the <italic>tts</italic> gene cluster is found on a large symbiotic island of 681 kb [<xref rid="B17-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>]. As these genes are absent in the <italic>nod-</italic>lacking strains, we can postulate that ORS285 also acquired a symbiotic island harboring both the <italic>nod</italic> and the <italic>tts</italic> gene clusters by a lateral gene transfer. The T3SS is used by many bacterial pathogens to deliver directly a cocktail of effector proteins in eukaryotic cells that will subvert host defense [<xref rid="B42-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">42</xref>]. This secretory machinery has been shown in several strains of rhizobia (including <italic>B. japonicum</italic> USDA 110) to affect symbiosis positively or negatively depending on the host [<xref rid="B43-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">43</xref>]. It could therefore be particularly interesting to examine the impact of mutations in the <italic>tts</italic> cluster of the ORS285 strain to infer its role in the Nod-dependent or Nod-independent symbiotic processes in relation to the host plant.</p></sec></sec></sec><sec id="sec3-genes-03-00035"><title>3. Experimental Section</title><sec><title>3.1. Bacterial Strains Maintenance and Preparation of Genomic DNA</title><p>Strains listed in <xref ref-type="table" rid="genes-03-00035-t001">Table 1</xref> were grown on YMA [<xref rid="B44-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">44</xref>], and bacterial genomic DNA was isolated following a modified CTAB protocol as recommended by the Joint Genome Institute [<xref rid="B45-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">45</xref>].</p></sec><sec><title>3.2. Sequencing and Assembly of 7 Bradyrhizobium Genomes</title><p>Four genomes (ORS285, ORS375, STM3809, STM3843) were sequenced with Roche 454 GS-FLX technology (Genoscope, CEA, France) with a coverage of 11 to 28X, and with Illumina Solexa technology (GATC company, 36 bp-reads length, 20X cover). GS-FLX reads were assembled using Newbler software (v. 1.1.03.24), leading to 300 to 800 contigs. These contigs were fused to obtain a single scaffold, as a single chromosome and no plasmid could be visualized by PFGE analyses (not shown) and no <italic>rep</italic>C homologs could be found in the gene content of each of these genomes (<italic>rep</italic>C being a specific gene for plasmid replication in alphaproteobacteria). Solexa reads were used to correct contig consensus and sequencing errors. Three other genomes were sequenced only with Illumina Solexa technology (STM3847, STM4509 and STM4523) by the company GATC (Germany). Short 36 bp reads were pre-assembled with PERL script Vcake [<xref rid="B46-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">46</xref>], using a first round of k-mer extensions of Solexa reads, then a second round using progressive extension of contigs obtained from the first round. This strategy allowed the construction of a sequence database of 100–140,000 contigs for each genome, subsequently used in global alignments. A last contig assembly was also built using CLC Genomics Workbench 4.0.2 (mismatch cost 2, Insertion cost 3, Deletion cost 3, length fraction 0.5, Similarity 0.8; length kept >50 bp), producing 12 to 14,000 contigs per strain, allowing gene search and phylogeny. Annotated genomes based on 454 GS-FLX assemblies were submitted to the EBI [<xref rid="B47-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">47</xref>]. Solexa reads were submitted to the Sequence Read Archive (SAR) of the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under accession number ERP000868. Genomes are also available on the MicroScope annotation and comparative genomics platform [<xref rid="B48-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">48</xref>] in the Rhizoscope Project.</p></sec><sec><title>3.3. Automatic and Expert Annotation of Bradyrhizobial Genomes</title><p>Annotation of bacterial genomes was conducted following 3 main steps: syntactic annotation to find genomic objects, followed by functional annotation to assign roles on the basis of sequence similarity with sequences from different databanks, and a relational annotation which establishes links between different genomic objects. All these steps were performed in the MicroScope platform pipeline and results are available via the MaGe (Magnifying Genomes) graphical interface [<xref rid="B48-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">48</xref>,<xref rid="B49-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">49</xref>]. For syntactic annotation, coding sequences were predicted using AMIGene (Annotation of Microbial Genomes) software [<xref rid="B50-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">50</xref>]. Functional annotation used tools listed in [<xref rid="B51-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">51</xref>] to give functions to the set of predicted genes. First, for strains ORS285, ORS375, STM3809 and STM3843, annotations were automatically transferred from strains ORS278, BTAi1 and <italic>E. coli</italic> K12 (in that order of priority) for genes having good similarities (<italic>i.e</italic>., 80% identity over at least 70% of the length of the smallest protein). These automatically generated results were stored in a relational database, and were further used as a starting point for manual validation with the MaGe web-interface, allowing data exploration, graphical visualizations and genomic comparisons. A functional classification was also produced for strain(-set)-specific genes using the KEGG database (via the KEGG Automatic Annotation Server [<xref rid="B52-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">52</xref>]).</p></sec><sec><title>3.4. Whole Genome Alignments</title><p>Four sequenced <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genomes were selected as reference. The remaining genomes were aligned on each reference genome using the MUMmer 3.0 whole genome global alignment system [<xref rid="B53-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">53</xref>] to find conserved and organism-specific regions. In order to find potential alignment anchors, defined as maximal unique matches (MUMs) between two genome sequences, the MUMmer software uses suffix-trees. A suffix tree is a compact representation that stores all possible suffixes of an input sequence. MUMer then performed a protein alignment, starting by the translation of nucleic sequences in all 6 reading frames. Aligned regions between the reference and another genome that did not have a minimal identity of 70% and a match length of at least 20 amino-acids were filtered out. The CGview application [<xref rid="B54-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">54</xref>] was used for graphical representation of whole genome alignments.</p></sec><sec><title>3.5. GC% Deviation</title><p>GC% deviation was computed using sliding 1,000 bp windows and represents the ratio between GC percent in the window and the mean GC percent of the genome. High deviations can indicate a potential foreign origin of the sequence within the window.</p></sec><sec><title>3.6. Core-Genome and Pangenome</title><p>Genes from two or more genomes were considered as orthologous if their encoded proteins satisfied bidirectional best-hit (BBH) criteria and alignment thresholds (40% amino acid identity on 80% of the length of the smallest protein). BBH are commonly used in comparative genomics to infer orthologous genes [<xref rid="B55-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">55</xref>,<xref rid="B56-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">56</xref>,<xref rid="B57-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">57</xref>], and are integrated in the DOE IMG and MAGE platforms [<xref rid="B49-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">49</xref>,<xref rid="B58-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">58</xref>]. Two genes from two different genomes are bidirectional best hits when each is the best hit of the other. A bidirectional best-hit is considered as a good evidence that the genes may be orthologs arising from a common ancestor.</p><p>For Venn diagrams displayed in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f002">Figure 2</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f006">Figure 6</xref>, comparison of gene sets between genomes were performed using the Phyloprofile Exploration tool of the MicroScope platform [<xref rid="B48-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">48</xref>], using the following orthology criterion: BBH with 40% amino acid identity on 80% of the length of the smallest protein. Gene exploration in the 3 highly fragmented genomes (derived from solexa reads assemblies) was performed using tblastn searches with the Stand alone Blast software [<xref rid="B59-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">59</xref>].</p></sec><sec><title>3.7. Phylogenomics</title><p>The core genome-based phylogeny was produced by aligning partitions for the 3,663 bradyrhizobia orthologs using ASAP software [<xref rid="B60-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">60</xref>] (based on the Muscle alignment software [<xref rid="B61-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">61</xref>]), and using PAUP4b10 to infer phylogenies on a combined partitions of all 3,663 genes (criterion set to distance, using Jukes-Cantor distance correction, and 100 bootstrap replicates). MLSA-based phylogeny shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="genes-03-00035-f002">Figure 2</xref>B was obtained by Maximum Likelihood using a GTR + I + G model and 100 bootstrap replicates (using MEGA5 [<xref rid="B62-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">62</xref>])</p></sec><sec><title>3.8. Search for Genomic Islands (GI)</title><p>The «RGPfinder» tool of the MicroScope annotation platform [<xref rid="B63-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">63</xref>] is a comparative genomics method that searches for synteny breakpoints that delimit regions of at least 5 kbp in a target genome that are missing in one or more other related genomes. These RGPs (for Regions of Genomic Plasticity) can be insertion sites of GI, or the result of deletions of particular DNA segments in one or more strains. Region prediction is accompanied by the characterization of several common GI features, such as detection of tRNAs, IS (Insertion Sequence) and repeats, as well as information about nucleotide composition abnormalities [% (G + C) deviation, Codon Adaptation Index]. GI from two distinct organisms were considered identical when they shared homologous genes (at least 40% identity on 80% of the length of the smallest protein) in synteny on at least half of the GI (considering its size and number of genes). Correspondences between genomic islands in different <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genomes were thus established in order to construct a binary matrix wherein each line represents a <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genome and each column a GI. This matrix was then used to build a similarity tree which was compared to the phylogenetic tree of the <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> genomes.</p></sec><sec><title>3.9. Metabolic Comparisons</title><p>In each genome, the metabolic network was predicted by the “Pathway Tools” software [<xref rid="B64-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">64</xref>] using MetaCyc [<xref rid="B65-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">65</xref>] as a reference pathway database (version 13.0). The metabolic networks for each <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> sp. genome are directly available in the MaGe graphical interface at [<xref rid="B66-genes-03-00035" ref-type="bibr">66</xref>]. Using these data, a two-dimensional matrix was built for use in a Principal Component Analysis (with R package “FactoMineR”), which will highlight possible metabolic similarities and specificities between the genomes. For graphical representations, the variable (pathways) plot and the individual (genomes) plot were combined, restricting plotted variables to those with a quality of representation greater than 0.75, in order to conserve interpretability. The clustering method used a Euclidean distance and ward’s criterion; the number of classes was chosen after manual examination of the cluster tree, and led to 7 classes for the first factorial plan (see <xref ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="genes-03-00035-s001">Supplementary Table S2</xref>).</p></sec></sec><sec><title>4. Conclusions</title><p>Bacterial comparative genomics revealed a powerful tool to analyze <italic>Aeschynomene</italic> symbionts genome characteristics and their ecological niche adaptation. Photosynthetic <italic>Bradyrhizobium</italic> have large genomes (8–10 Mb), with a rather small core genome (3,663 genes) compared to their large pangenome (18,040 genes). The dispensable genome and strain-specific genes (mainly located on GI) exhibit numerous functions of adaptation towards the special ecological niche of PB (soil/aquatic, light-environment, stem/root nodule).</p><p>Our comparative genomics approach led us to the detection of specific gene pools in bradyrhizobial strains linked to two phenotypes of interest, <italic>i.e.</italic>, the photosynthetic ability and the nod-independent/nod-dependent symbiosis. Concerning bacterial photosynthesis, genome comparison reveals a clear ancestral origin for the photosynthetic activity. The LH2 type antennae complexes appear to be more widely distributed among PB that expected. The presence of a <italic>cbb</italic> gene cluster in synteny for all sequenced genomes suggests that preserving a functional CBB cycle confers a clear advantage. Finally, several new bacteriophytochromes were identified and further studies are required to explain their functional role. For the symbiotic process, we identified several target genes (as transcriptional regulators, polysaccharide biosynthesis and <italic>N</italic>-acetylglucosamine modification enzymes or plant-wall degrading enzymes) that will be further studied at the genetic level in order to prove their contribution to the nod-independent process. Finally, transcriptomic approaches on PB during their symbiosis with <italic>Aeschynomeme</italic> are currently being developed to identify more precisely the genetic determinants involved in this atypical mutualistic interaction.</p></sec></body><back><ack><title>Acknowledgments</title><p>This study was funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), through a Young Researcher grant (ANR-BOA-JC05_52208) and Blanc projects (ANR-NEWNOD-2006-BLAN-0095 and ANR-SESAM-2010-BLAN-170801). D.M. was funded by a grant from IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement). 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