Draft Genome Sequences of Pantoea agglomerans Strains BD1274 and BD1212, Isolated from Onion Seeds, Reveal Major Differences in Pathogenicity and Functional Genes

Valery M Moloto; Teresa Goszczynska; Ahmed Idris Hassen; Rian Pierneef; Teresa Coutinho

doi:10.1128/MRA.01507-19

Draft Genome Sequences of Pantoea agglomerans Strains BD1274 and BD1212, Isolated from Onion Seeds, Reveal Major Differences in Pathogenicity and Functional Genes

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Nov 5;9(45):e01507-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01507-19.

Authors

Valery M Moloto¹, Teresa Goszczynska¹, Ahmed Idris Hassen², Rian Pierneef³, Teresa Coutinho⁴

Affiliations

¹ Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa.
² Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa hassena@arc.agric.za.
³ Agricultural Research Council, Biotechnology Platform, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Abstract

Pantoea agglomerans strains BD1274 and BD1212 were isolated from Allium cepa seeds. Strain BD1274 induced a disease symptom on a healthy onion, whereas strain BD1212 did not and remains nonpathogenic. A comparative genomic study revealed that the strains differ in their genomic compositions, particularly in the genes that confer pathogenicity.