Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of " Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" Strain TX2351 Isolated from Asian Citrus Psyllids in Texas, USA

Madhurababu Kunta; Zheng Zheng; Fengnian Wu; John V da Graca; Jong-Won Park; Xiaoling Deng; Jianchi Chen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00170-17

Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of " Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" Strain TX2351 Isolated from Asian Citrus Psyllids in Texas, USA

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 13;5(15):e00170-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00170-17.

Authors

Madhurababu Kunta¹, Zheng Zheng², Fengnian Wu², John V da Graca¹, Jong-Won Park¹, Xiaoling Deng², Jianchi Chen³

Affiliations

¹ Texas A&M University-Kingsville Citrus Center, Weslaco, Texas, USA.
² South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
³ USDA, ARS, San Joaquín Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, California, USA [email protected].

Abstract

We report here the draft genome sequence of "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" strain TX2351, collected from Asian citrus psyllids in south Texas, USA. The TX2351 genome has a size of 1,252,043 bp, a G+C content of 36.5%, 1,184 predicted open reading frames, and 52 RNA genes.