The genome of the cotton bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain MSCT1

Kurt C Showmaker; Mark A Arick 2nd; Chuan-Yu Hsu; Brigitte E Martin; Xiaoqiang Wang; Jiayuan Jia; Martin J Wubben; Robert L Nichols; Tom W Allen; Daniel G Peterson; Shi-En Lu

doi:10.1186/s40793-017-0253-3

The genome of the cotton bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain MSCT1

Stand Genomic Sci. 2017 Jul 24:12:42. doi: 10.1186/s40793-017-0253-3. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Kurt C Showmaker^{1

2}, Mark A Arick 2nd¹, Chuan-Yu Hsu¹, Brigitte E Martin³, Xiaoqiang Wang², Jiayuan Jia², Martin J Wubben⁴, Robert L Nichols⁵, Tom W Allen⁶, Daniel G Peterson^{1

7}, Shi-En Lu²

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA.
² Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA.
³ Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA.
⁴ USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Lab, Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research Unit, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA.
⁵ Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC 27513 USA.
⁶ Mississippi State University, Delta Research and Extension Center, 82 Stoneville Rd, Stoneville, MS 38776 USA.
⁷ Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA.

Abstract

Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum is a major pathogen of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L.. In this study we report the complete genome of the X. citri pv. malvacearum strain MSCT1 assembled from long read DNA sequencing technology. The MSCT1 genome is the first X. citri pv. malvacearum genome with complete coding regions for X. citri pv. malvacearum transcriptional activator-like effectors. In addition functional and structural annotations are presented in this study that will provide a foundation for future pathogenesis studies with MSCT1.

Keywords: Bacterial blight; Cotton; Long read DNA sequencing; TAL effectors; Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum.

Publication types

Case Reports