Complete Genome Sequence of Dickeya dianthicola ME23, a Pathogen Causing Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases of Potato

Xing Ma; Nicole T Perna; Jeremy D Glasner; Jianjun Hao; Steven Johnson; Afnan Shazwan Nasaruddin; Amy O Charkowski; Shan Wu; Zhangjun Fei; Keith L Perry; Paul Stodghill; Bryan Swingle

doi:10.1128/MRA.01526-18

Complete Genome Sequence of Dickeya dianthicola ME23, a Pathogen Causing Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases of Potato

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Feb 14;8(7):e01526-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01526-18. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Xing Ma¹, Nicole T Perna², Jeremy D Glasner², Jianjun Hao³, Steven Johnson⁴, Afnan Shazwan Nasaruddin⁵, Amy O Charkowski⁵, Shan Wu⁶, Zhangjun Fei⁶, Keith L Perry¹, Paul Stodghill^{1

7}, Bryan Swingle^{1

7}

Affiliations

¹ Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
² Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA.
⁴ University of Maine Cooperative Extension, University of Maine, Presque Isle, Maine, USA.
⁵ Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
⁶ Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
⁷ Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Abstract

In 2014, an outbreak of potato blackleg and soft rot disease emerged in North America and continues to impact potato production. Here, we report the annotated genome sequence of Dickeya dianthicola ME23, a strain hypothesized to be representative of the bacterial population responsible for this disease outbreak.