Both incompatible and compatible rhizobia inhabit the intercellular spaces of leguminous root nodules.

In addition to rhizobia, many types of co-existent bacteria are found in leguminous root nodules, but their habitats are unclear. To investigate this phenomenon, we labeled USDA122 and sp. SSBR45 with sp.

Characterization of photosynthetic sp. strain SSBR45 isolated from the root nodules of .

We isolated a novel strain of sp., SSBR45, from the nodulated roots of and labeled it with sp. red fluorescent protein (dsRED) or enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) and determined its draft genomic sequence.