Draft Genome Sequence of a " Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris"-Related Strain (Aster Yellows, Subgroup 16SrI-B) from South Africa

Beatrix Coetzee; Nicoleen Douglas-Smit; Hans J Maree; Johan T Burger; Kerstin Krüger; Gerhard Pietersen

doi:10.1128/MRA.00148-19

Draft Genome Sequence of a " Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris"-Related Strain (Aster Yellows, Subgroup 16SrI-B) from South Africa

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Apr 25;8(17):e00148-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00148-19.

Authors

Beatrix Coetzee¹, Nicoleen Douglas-Smit², Hans J Maree^{3

4}, Johan T Burger³, Kerstin Krüger², Gerhard Pietersen^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa [email protected].
² Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
³ Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁴ Citrus Research International, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁵ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of a phytoplasma discovered in grapevine. The genome size is 600,116 nucleotides (nt), with 597 predicted open reading frames. It is most similar to a maize bushy stunt phytoplasma of group 16SrI-B (aster yellows). The possible presence of a 3,833-nt plasmid was also noted.