Draft Genome Sequence of the Xylella fastidiosa CoDiRO Strain

Annalisa Giampetruzzi; Michela Chiumenti; Maria Saponari; Giacinto Donvito; Alessandro Italiano; Giuliana Loconsole; Donato Boscia; Corrado Cariddi; Giovanni Paolo Martelli; Pasquale Saldarelli

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01538-14

Draft Genome Sequence of the Xylella fastidiosa CoDiRO Strain

Genome Announc. 2015 Feb 12;3(1):e01538-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01538-14.

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Bari, Italy a.giampetruzzi@ba.ivv.cnr.it.
² Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Bari, Italy.
³ Department of Physics, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
⁴ Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

Abstract

We determined the draft genome sequence of the Xylella fastidiosa CoDiRO strain, which has been isolated from olive plants in southern Italy (Apulia). It is associated with olive quick decline syndrome (OQDS) and characterized by extensive scorching and desiccation of leaves and twigs.