Complete genome anatomy of the emerging potato pathogen Dickeya solani type strain IPO 2222T

Slimane Khayi; Pauline Blin; Teik Min Chong; Kok-Gan Chan; Denis Faure

doi:10.1186/s40793-016-0208-0

Complete genome anatomy of the emerging potato pathogen Dickeya solani type strain IPO 2222^T

Stand Genomic Sci. 2016 Nov 29:11:87. doi: 10.1186/s40793-016-0208-0. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Slimane Khayi¹, Pauline Blin¹, Teik Min Chong², Kok-Gan Chan², Denis Faure¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS CEA Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
² Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Several species of the genus Dickeya provoke soft rot and blackleg diseases on a wide range of plants and crops. Dickeya solani has been identified as the causative agent of diseases outbreaks on potato culture in Europe for the last decade. Here, we report the complete genome of the D. solani IPO 2222^T. Using PacBio and Illumina technologies, a unique circular chromosome of 4,919,833 bp was assembled. The G + C content reaches 56% and the genomic sequence contains 4,059 predicted proteins. The ANI values calculated for D. solani IPO 2222^T vs. other available D. solani genomes was over 99.9% indicating a high genetic homogeneity within D. solani species.

Keywords: Blackleg; Dickeya solani; Genome; Potato; Short genome report; Soft rot.

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