Draft Genome Sequence of Lysobacter capsici AZ78, a Bacterium Antagonistic to Plant-Pathogenic Oomycetes

Gerardo Puopolo; Paolo Sonego; Kristof Engelen; Ilaria Pertot

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00325-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Lysobacter capsici AZ78, a Bacterium Antagonistic to Plant-Pathogenic Oomycetes

Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 24;2(2):e00325-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00325-14.

Authors

Gerardo Puopolo¹, Paolo Sonego, Kristof Engelen, Ilaria Pertot

Affiliation

¹ Department of Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), San Michele all'Adige, Italy.

Abstract

Lysobacter capsici AZ78, isolated from tobacco rhizosphere, effectively controls Phytophthora infestans and Plasmopara viticola on tomato and grapevine plants, respectively. We report the first draft genome sequence of the L. capsici species.