Draft Genome Sequence of Sclerotinia borealis, a Psychrophilic Plant Pathogenic Fungus

Andrey V Mardanov; Alexey V Beletsky; Vitaly V Kadnikov; Alexander N Ignatov; Nikolai V Ravin

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01175-13

Draft Genome Sequence of Sclerotinia borealis, a Psychrophilic Plant Pathogenic Fungus

Genome Announc. 2014 Jan 23;2(1):e01175-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01175-13.

Authors

Andrey V Mardanov¹, Alexey V Beletsky, Vitaly V Kadnikov, Alexander N Ignatov, Nikolai V Ravin

Affiliation

¹ Centre Bioengineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

Sclerotinia borealis is a necrotrophic phytopathogenic fungus notable for its wide host range and environmental persistence. It grows at low temperatures, causing snow mold disease of crop plants. To understand the molecular mechanisms of its pathogenesis and adaptation to the psychrophilic lifestyle, we determined the 39.3-Mb draft genome sequence of S. borealis F-4128.