Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) is an indigenous, drought-tolerant, underutilized African food legume, with the ability to fix atmospheric N2 in symbiosis with soil rhizobial bacteria. Our work aimed to analyze the genetic diversity of 15 bacteria isolated from root nodules of Bambara groundnut coded RVC in Côte d’Ivoire and to evaluate their symbiotic characteristic in order to select the most efficient strains as biofertilizers. Molecular analysis of these isolates using 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed distinct evolutionary lineages related to the genus Rhizobium (80%), Bradyrhizobium () and Ensifer (). |
