Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma citri Strain R8-A2T, Causal Agent of Stubborn Disease in Citrus Species

Robert E Davis; Jonathan Shao; Yan Zhao; Gail E Gasparich; Brady J Gaynor; Nicole Donofrio

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00206-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma citri Strain R8-A2^T, Causal Agent of Stubborn Disease in Citrus Species

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 20;5(16):e00206-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00206-17.

Authors

Robert E Davis¹, Jonathan Shao², Yan Zhao², Gail E Gasparich³, Brady J Gaynor⁴, Nicole Donofrio⁵

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA robert.davis@ars.usda.gov.
² Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
³ College of Arts and Sciences, Salem University, Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.

Abstract

Spiroplasma citri causes stubborn disease in Citrus spp. and diseases in other plants. Here, we report the nucleotide sequence of the 1,599,709-bp circular chromosome and two plasmids of S. citri strain R8-A2^T This information will facilitate analyses to understand spiroplasmal pathogenicity and evolutionary adaptations to lifestyles in plants and arthropod hosts.