Genome Sequence of Ustilaginoidea virens IPU010, a Rice Pathogenic Fungus Causing False Smut

Toshitaka Kumagai; Tomoko Ishii; Goro Terai; Myco Umemura; Masayuki Machida; Kiyoshi Asai

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00306-16

Genome Sequence of Ustilaginoidea virens IPU010, a Rice Pathogenic Fungus Causing False Smut

Genome Announc. 2016 May 5;4(3):e00306-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00306-16.

Authors

Toshitaka Kumagai¹, Tomoko Ishii², Goro Terai³, Myco Umemura⁴, Masayuki Machida⁵, Kiyoshi Asai⁶

Affiliations

¹ Fermlab Inc., Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
² Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
³ Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan INTEC Inc., Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan umemura-m@aist.go.jp.
⁵ Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
⁶ Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.

Abstract

Ustilaginoidea virens is a rice pathogenic fungus that causes false smut disease, a disease that seriously damages the yield and quality of the grain. Analysis of the U. virens IPU010 33.6-Mb genome sequence will aid in the understanding of the pathogenicity of the strain, particularly in regard to effector proteins and secondary metabolic genes.