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'''Sinorhizobium meliloti''' is a nitrogen-fixing bacterium (rhizobium). It forms a symbiotic relationship with legumes from the genera ''Medicago'', ''Melilotus'' and ''Trigonella'', including model legume ''Medicago truncatula''. The ''S. meliloti'' genome contains three replicons: a 3.65 megabase chromosome and two megaplasmids, pSyma (1.35 megabases) and pSymb (1.68 megabases), that have all been fully sequenced.

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★ ''Sinorhizobium meliloti'' Genome Project

★ ''Sinorhizobium meliloti'' 1021 Genome Page