Complete Genome Sequence of a Dickeya fangzhongdai Type Strain Causing Bleeding Canker of Pear Tree Trunks

Yuqiang Zhao; Yanli Tian; Xiang Li; Baishi Hu

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00177-18

Complete Genome Sequence of a Dickeya fangzhongdai Type Strain Causing Bleeding Canker of Pear Tree Trunks

Genome Announc. 2018 May 17;6(20):e00177-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00177-18.

Authors

Yuqiang Zhao¹, Yanli Tian², Xiang Li³, Baishi Hu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for the Research and Utilization of Plant Resources, Nanjing, China.
² College of Plant Protection and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
³ Charlottetown Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
⁴ College of Plant Protection and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China hbs@njau.edu.cn.

Abstract

Dickeya fangzhongdai DSM 101947^T was isolated from pear trees (Pyrus pyrifolia) in Zhejiang Province, China, and is the causal agent of bleeding canker, a devastating disease of pear trees. Here, we provide the complete genome sequence of this bacterium, which has a 5,027,163-bp-long genome, including 4,375 protein-coding genes and 100 RNA genes. This strain possesses a number of genes encoding virulence factors of pathogens.