Genetic and Genomic Diversity Studies of Acacia Symbionts in Senegal Reveal New Species of Mesorhizobium with a Putative Geographical Pattern

Fatou Diouf; Diegane Diouf; Agnieszka Klonowska; Antoine Le Queré; Niokhor Bakhoum; Dioumacor Fall; Marc Neyra; Hugues Parrinello; Mayecor Diouf; Ibrahima Ndoye; Lionel Moulin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117667

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Genetic and Genomic Diversity Studies of Acacia Symbionts in Senegal Reveal New Species of Mesorhizobium with a Putative Geographical Pattern

Fatou Diouf,

Affiliations Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Senegal, Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Dakar, Senegal, IRD-Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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Diegane Diouf,

Affiliations Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Senegal, Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Dakar, Senegal
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Agnieszka Klonowska,

Affiliation IRD-Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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Antoine Le Queré,

Affiliation Laboratoire Mixte International Biotechnologie Microbienne et Végétale (LBMV), Rabat, Morocco
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Niokhor Bakhoum,

Affiliations Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Senegal, Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Dakar, Senegal
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Dioumacor Fall,

Affiliations Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Senegal, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Senegal
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Marc Neyra,

Affiliation Irstea, UR MALY, centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne, France
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Hugues Parrinello,

Affiliation MGX-Montpellier GenomiX, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France
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Mayecor Diouf,

Affiliation Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Senegal
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Ibrahima Ndoye,

Affiliations Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Senegal, Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Dakar, Senegal
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Lionel Moulin

* E-mail: lionel.moulin@ird.fr

Affiliations Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Dakar, Senegal, IRD-Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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Genetic and Genomic Diversity Studies of Acacia Symbionts in Senegal Reveal New Species of Mesorhizobium with a Putative Geographical Pattern

Fatou Diouf,
Diegane Diouf,
Agnieszka Klonowska,
Antoine Le Queré,
Niokhor Bakhoum,
Dioumacor Fall,
Marc Neyra,
Hugues Parrinello,
Mayecor Diouf,
Ibrahima Ndoye

Published: February 6, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117667

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