Complete Genome Sequences of Lytic Bacteriophages of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis

Julio Retamales; Ignacio Vasquez; Leonardo Santos; Cristopher Segovia; Manuel Ayala; Romina Alvarado; Pablo Nuñez; Javier Santander

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00336-16

Complete Genome Sequences of Lytic Bacteriophages of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 2;4(3):e00336-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00336-16.

Authors

Julio Retamales¹, Ignacio Vasquez², Leonardo Santos², Cristopher Segovia³, Manuel Ayala⁴, Romina Alvarado⁵, Pablo Nuñez⁵, Javier Santander⁶

Affiliations

¹ Agroadvance Laboratory, Peñaflor, Chile Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccinology Research Group, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile jretamales@agroadvance.cl jasantanderm@asu.edu.
² Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccinology Research Group, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile School of Biotechnology, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.
³ Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccinology Research Group, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile Ph.D. program in Integrative Genomics, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccinology Research Group, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ Agroadvance Laboratory, Peñaflor, Chile.
⁶ Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccinology Research Group, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile jretamales@agroadvance.cl jasantanderm@asu.edu.

Abstract

Three bacteriophages, f20-Xaj, f29-Xaj, and f30-Xaj, with lytic activity against Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis were isolated from walnut trees (VIII Bío Bío Region, Chile). These lytic bacteriophages have double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes of 43,851 bp, 41,865 bp, and 44,262 bp, respectively. These are the first described bacteriophages with lytic activity against X. arboricola pv. juglandis that can be utilized as biocontrol agents.