Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequence of Bacillus mojavensis Strain RRC101, an Endophytic Bacterium Antagonistic to the Mycotoxigenic Endophytic Fungus Fusarium verticillioides

S E Gold; A A Blacutt; R J Meinersmann; C W Bacon

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01090-14

Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequence of Bacillus mojavensis Strain RRC101, an Endophytic Bacterium Antagonistic to the Mycotoxigenic Endophytic Fungus Fusarium verticillioides

Genome Announc. 2014 Oct 30;2(5):e01090-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01090-14.

Authors

S E Gold¹, A A Blacutt², R J Meinersmann³, C W Bacon⁴

Affiliations

¹ Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Athens, Georgia, USA scott.gold@ars.usda.gov.
² Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
³ Bacterial Epidemiology and Antibiotic Resistance Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Athens, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Athens, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

Here, we report the whole-genome shotgun sequence of Bacillus mojavensis strain RRC101, isolated from a maize kernel. This strain is antagonistic to the mycotoxigenic plant pathogen Fusarium verticillioides and grows within maize tissue, suggesting potential as an endophytic biocontrol agent.