Sequencing of K60, type strain of the major plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum

Benoît Remenant; Lavanya Babujee; Aurélie Lajus; Claudine Médigue; Philippe Prior; Caitilyn Allen

doi:10.1128/JB.00249-12

Sequencing of K60, type strain of the major plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum

J Bacteriol. 2012 May;194(10):2742-3. doi: 10.1128/JB.00249-12.

Authors

Benoît Remenant¹, Lavanya Babujee, Aurélie Lajus, Claudine Médigue, Philippe Prior, Caitilyn Allen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Abstract

Ralstonia solanacearum is a widespread and destructive plant pathogen. We present the genome of the type strain, K60 (phylotype IIA, sequevar 7). Sequevar 7 strains cause ongoing tomato bacterial wilt outbreaks in the southeastern United States. K60 generally resembles R. solanacearum CFBP2957, a Caribbean tomato isolate, but has almost 360 unique genes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Caribbean Region
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / physiology
Genome, Bacterial*
Molecular Sequence Data
Plant Diseases / microbiology*
Ralstonia solanacearum / genetics*
Solanum lycopersicum / microbiology
United States

Associated data

GENBANK/CAGT01000001