Complete Genome of the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas putida BIRD-1
Abstract
Complete Genome of the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas putida BIRD-1 ▿ Miguel A. Matilla 1 , Paloma Pizarro-Tobias 1 , Amalia Roca 1 , Matilde Fernández 1 , Estrella Duque 2 , Lázaro Molina 2 , Xiao Wu 3 , Daniel van der Lelie 3 , Manuel J. Gómez 4 , Ana Segura 2 , and Juan-Luis Ramos 2 , * 1 Bio-Iliberis R&D, Polígono Industrial Juncaril, Granada, Spain 2 Estación Experimental del Zadín-CSIC, Granada, Spain 3 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 4 Instituto de Astrobiología, INTA-CSIC, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain ABSTRACT We report the complete sequence of the 5.7-Mbp genome of Pseudomonas putida BIRD-1, a metabolically versatile plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium that is highly tolerant to desiccation and capable of solubilizing inorganic phosphate and iron and of synthesizing phytohormones that stimulate seed germination and plant growth.