Investigation of endophytic and symbiotic features of Ralstonia sp. TSC1 isolated from cowpea nodules

Papa Saliou Sarr¹*, Takeo Yamakawa², Satoru Asatsuma², Syunsei Fujimoto³ and Masao Sakai⁴

¹Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Division of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Graduate School, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.

²Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Division of Soil Science and Plant production, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.

³Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812- 8581, Japan.

 ⁴Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.