Genome sequence resource for "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" strain GDCZ from a historical HLB endemic region in China

Yongqin Zheng; Yun Li; Pengbin Xu; Chaoji Liu; Jianchi Chen; Xiaoling Deng; Zheng Zheng

doi:10.1186/s12863-023-01160-3

Genome sequence resource for "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" strain GDCZ from a historical HLB endemic region in China

BMC Genom Data. 2023 Nov 4;24(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s12863-023-01160-3.

Authors

Yongqin Zheng^#^{1

2}, Yun Li^#^{1

2}, Pengbin Xu³, Chaoji Liu^{1

2

3}, Jianchi Chen⁴, Xiaoling Deng^{5

6}, Zheng Zheng^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
³ Chaozhou Fruit Research Institute, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
⁴ San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Parlier, CA, USA.
⁵ National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. xldeng@scau.edu.cn.
⁶ Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. xldeng@scau.edu.cn.
⁷ National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. zzheng@scau.edu.cn.
⁸ Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. zzheng@scau.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Objectives: "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" (CLas) is an un-culturable α-proteobacterium that caused citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), a destructive disease threatening citrus production worldwide. In China, the presence of HLB was first reported in Chaoshan region of Guangdong province, China around a century ago. Thus, whole genome information of CLas strains from Chaoshan area become the most important resource to understand the population diversity and evaluation of CLas in China.

Data description: CLas strain GDCZ was originally from Chaozhou city (Chaoshan area) and sequenced using PacBio Sequel long-read sequencing and Illumina short-read sequencing. The genome of strain GDCZ comprised of 1,230,507 bp with an average G + C content of 36.4%, along with a circular CLasMV1 phage: CLasMV1_GDCZ (8,869 bp). The CLas strain GDCZ contained a Type 2 prophage (37,452 bp) and encoded a total of 1,057 open reading frames and 53 RNA genes. The whole genome sequence of CLas strain GDCZ from the historical HLB endemic region in China will serve as a useful resource for further analyses of CLas evolution and HLB epidemiology in China and world.

Keywords: Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus; Historical origin; Huanglongbing; PacBio long-read sequencing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China / epidemiology
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Liberibacter* / genetics
Prophages / genetics
Rhizobiaceae* / genetics