Draft Genome Sequences of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. actinidiae ICMP 19971 and ICMP 19972, Two Strains Isolated from Actinidia chinensis with Symptoms of Summer Canker in South Korea

Sandra B Visnovsky; Preetinanda Panda; Robert Taylor; Andrew R Pitman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00104-17

Draft Genome Sequences of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. actinidiae ICMP 19971 and ICMP 19972, Two Strains Isolated from Actinidia chinensis with Symptoms of Summer Canker in South Korea

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 6;5(14):e00104-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00104-17.

Authors

Sandra B Visnovsky^{1

2}, Preetinanda Panda^{3

4}, Robert Taylor^{5

2}, Andrew R Pitman^{3

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Affiliations

¹ The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand sandra.visnovsky@plantandfood.co.nz.
² Science Solutions for Better Border Biosecurity‡.
³ The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁴ Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand.
⁵ Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Abstract

Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. actinidiae is the causal agent of summer canker in kiwifruit plants in South Korea. We report here the draft genome sequences of two P. carotovorum subsp. actinidiae strains, ICMP 19971 and ICMP 19972, which were originally isolated from Actinidia chinensis with symptoms of summer canker. These genome sequences will aid in the identification of genetic traits associated with their unusual capacity to cause canker and help understanding of the threat these exotic enterobacteria pose to the New Zealand kiwifruit industry.