Draft Genome Sequence of Xylaria grammica EL000614, a Strain Producing Grammicin, a Potent Nematicidal Compound

Sook-Young Park; Jongbum Jeon; Jung A Kim; Mi Jin Jeon; Nan Hee Yu; Seulbi Kim; Ae Ran Park; Jin-Cheol Kim; Yerim Lee; Youngmin Kim; Eu Ddeum Choi; Min-Hye Jeong; Yong-Hwan Lee; Soonok Kim

doi:10.1080/12298093.2021.1914360

Draft Genome Sequence of Xylaria grammica EL000614, a Strain Producing Grammicin, a Potent Nematicidal Compound

Mycobiology. 2021 Apr 28;49(3):294-296. doi: 10.1080/12298093.2021.1914360. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Sook-Young Park¹, Jongbum Jeon², Jung A Kim³, Mi Jin Jeon⁴, Nan Hee Yu⁵, Seulbi Kim⁵, Ae Ran Park⁵, Jin-Cheol Kim⁵, Yerim Lee¹, Youngmin Kim¹, Eu Ddeum Choi¹, Min-Hye Jeong¹, Yong-Hwan Lee², Soonok Kim⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Medicine, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Korea.
² Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics, Center for Fungal Genetic Resources, and Center for Fungal Pathogenesis, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
³ Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Korea.
⁴ Microorganism Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Korea.
⁵ Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Environmentally Friendly Agriculture, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

Abstract

An endolichenic fungus, Xylaria grammica strain EL000614, showed strong nematicidal effects against plant pathogenic nematode, Meloidogyne incognita by producing grammicin. We report genome assembly of X. grammica EL000614 comprised of 25 scaffolds with a total length of 54.73 Mb, N50 of 4.60 Mb, and 99.8% of BUSCO completeness. GC contents of this genome were 44.02%. Gene families associated with biosynthesis of secondary metabolites or regulatory proteins were identified out of 13,730 gene models predicted.

Keywords: Endolichenic fungi; Xylaria grammica; grammicin; secondary metabolites; whole genome sequence.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Institute of Biological Resources, funded by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (projects NIBR201921101 and NIBR202021101).