Complete Genome Sequences of Three Isolates of Xanthomonas fragariae, the Bacterium Responsible for Angular Leaf Spots on Strawberry Plants

Michael Gétaz; Jan M van der Wolf; Jochen Blom; Joël F Pothier

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00642-17

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Isolates of Xanthomonas fragariae, the Bacterium Responsible for Angular Leaf Spots on Strawberry Plants

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 10;5(32):e00642-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00642-17.

Authors

Michael Gétaz¹, Jan M van der Wolf², Jochen Blom³, Joël F Pothier⁴

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Research Group, Institute for Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Wädenswil, Switzerland.
² Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
⁴ Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Research Group, Institute for Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Wädenswil, Switzerland joel.pothier@zhaw.ch.

Abstract

Xanthomonas fragariae is a worldwide-spread plant bacterial disease causing angular leaf spots, thus reducing the yield of production for strawberry fruits. Three isolates with various geographic and time origins were sequenced with long-read technology (PacBio) to generate finished genome sequences of virulent strains and observe the variability in their contents.