Draft Genome Sequence of the Putative Endophytic Bacterium Pantoea agglomerans R6, Associated with Lactuca serriola from South Africa

Brandon Istain; Prudent S Mokgokong; Ruomou Wu; Junaid Mia; Arun Gokul; David Mendoza-Cozatl; Morné Du Plessis; Marshall Keyster

doi:10.1128/MRA.00023-21

Draft Genome Sequence of the Putative Endophytic Bacterium Pantoea agglomerans R6, Associated with Lactuca serriola from South Africa

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Mar 11;10(10):e00023-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00023-21.

Authors

Brandon Istain¹, Prudent S Mokgokong², Ruomou Wu¹, Junaid Mia¹, Arun Gokul¹, David Mendoza-Cozatl^{3

4}, Morné Du Plessis², Marshall Keyster^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
² Zoological Research, Foundational Research and Services, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
³ Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Plant Sciences, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
⁵ Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa mkeyster@uwc.ac.za.
⁶ DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequence (∼4.7 Mb) of the endopyhtic bacterium Pantoea agglomerans strain R6, which was isolated from surface-sterilized roots of Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce).