Complete Genome and Plasmid Sequences for Rhodococcus fascians D188 and Draft Sequences for Rhodococcus Isolates PBTS 1 and PBTS 2

Rio A Stamler; Danny Vereecke; Yucheng Zhang; Faye Schilkey; Nico Devitt; Jennifer J Randall

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00495-16

Complete Genome and Plasmid Sequences for Rhodococcus fascians D188 and Draft Sequences for Rhodococcus Isolates PBTS 1 and PBTS 2

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 9;4(3):e00495-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00495-16.

Authors

Rio A Stamler¹, Danny Vereecke², Yucheng Zhang³, Faye Schilkey⁴, Nico Devitt⁴, Jennifer J Randall⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
² Department of Applied Biosciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
⁵ Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA jrandall@nmsu.edu.

Abstract

Rhodococcus fascians, a phytopathogen that alters plant development, inflicts significant losses in plant production around the world. We report here the complete genome sequence of R. fascians D188, a well-characterized model isolate, and Rhodococcus species PBTS (pistachio bushy top syndrome) 1 and 2, which were shown to be responsible for a disease outbreak in pistachios.