New reference genomes of honey bee-associated bacteria Paenibacillus melissococcoides, Paenibacillus dendritiformis, and Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus

Benjamin Dainat; Simone Oberhaensli; Florine Ory; Vincent Dietemann

doi:10.1128/MRA.00209-23

New reference genomes of honey bee-associated bacteria Paenibacillus melissococcoides, Paenibacillus dendritiformis, and Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Sep 19;12(9):e0020923. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00209-23. Epub 2023 Aug 2.

Authors

Benjamin Dainat¹, Simone Oberhaensli², Florine Ory¹, Vincent Dietemann^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Swiss Bee Research Center, Agroscope Liebefeld , Bern, Switzerland.
² Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit and SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Bern , Bern, Switzerland.
³ Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, UNIL-Sorge, University of Lausanne , Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract

We sequenced the genomes of recently discovered Paenibacillus melissococcoides (CCOS 2000) and of the type strains of closely related P. thiaminolyticus (DSM 7262) and P. dendritiformis (LMG 21716). The three genomes set the basis to unambiguous diagnostic of these honey bee associated Paenibacillus bacteria.

Keywords: European foulbrood; Paenibacillus dendritiformis; Paenibacillus melissococcoides; Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus; brood pathogen; honey bee health.

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