Draft Genome Sequence of Erwinia psidii, Causal Agent of Bacterial Blight of Guava (Psidium guava) and Dieback of Eucalypt (Eucalyptus spp.)

Pollyane da Silva Hermenegildo; Samuel A Santos; Lúcio M S Guimarães; Isadora C Pereira; Pedro M P Vidigal; Jorge L Badel; Poliane Alfenas-Zerbini; Reginaldo G Mafia; Marisa A S V Ferreira; Acelino Couto Alfenas

doi:10.1128/MRA.01598-18

Draft Genome Sequence of Erwinia psidii, Causal Agent of Bacterial Blight of Guava (Psidium guava) and Dieback of Eucalypt (Eucalyptus spp.)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jan 31;8(5):e01598-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01598-18. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Phytobacteriology, Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade de Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.
² Laboratory of Forest Pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
³ Laboratory of Molecular Phytobacteriology, Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
⁴ Núcleo de Análise de Biomoléculas (NuBioMol), Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
⁶ Centro de Tecnologia, Fibria Celulose S.A., Aracruz, Espírito Santo State, Brazil.

Abstract

Here, we present a draft genome sequence of the type strain IBSBF 435 of Erwinia psidii (Enterobacteriaceae), a phytopathogen that causes bacterial blight on guava (Psidium guava) and dieback and wilt on eucalypt (Eucalyptus spp.), both of which are important emerging diseases.