Draft genome sequence of Colletotrichum sansevieriae Sa-1-2, the anthracnose pathogen of Sansevieria trifasciata

Masayuki Nakamura; Takashi Fujikawa; Daichi Nakamori; Hisashi Iwai

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.083

Draft genome sequence of Colletotrichum sansevieriae Sa-1-2, the anthracnose pathogen of Sansevieria trifasciata

Data Brief. 2018 Mar 21:18:691-695. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.083. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Authors

Masayuki Nakamura¹, Takashi Fujikawa², Daichi Nakamori¹, Hisashi Iwai¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
² Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Fujimoto 2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan.

Abstract

Colletotrichum sansevieriae is an ascomycete fungus causing anthracnose disease on plants in the genus Sansevieria. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of isolate Sa-1-2 of this fungus. The genome size is >51 Mb, and the assembly consists of 8647 contigs and contains 13,664 predicted protein-coding genes. Pathogenicity factors such as plant cell wall-degrading enzymes and effector proteins were also predicted. Additionally, the phylogenetic relationship of isolates from different Colletotrichum spp. was analyzed, revealing that the isolate belongs to a novel major clade consisting of species that infect succulent plants originating from Africa. The draft genome sequence has been deposited at GenBank under accession number NJHP00000000.