First Draft Genome Sequence of a Polymyxa Genus Member, Polymyxa betae, the Protist Vector of Rhizomania

Alain Decroës; Magnalena Calusinska; Philippe Delfosse; Claude Bragard; Anne Legrève

doi:10.1128/MRA.01509-18

First Draft Genome Sequence of a Polymyxa Genus Member, Polymyxa betae, the Protist Vector of Rhizomania

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jan 10;8(2):e01509-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01509-18. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Authors

Alain Decroës¹, Magnalena Calusinska², Philippe Delfosse², Claude Bragard¹, Anne Legrève¹

Affiliations

¹ Earth and Life Institute, Applied Microbiology, Phytopathology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
² Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belvaux, Luxembourg.

Abstract

Polymyxa betae belongs to the Plasmodiophorida (Phytomyxea, Rhizaria). Here, we report the first draft genome sequence of a member of the Polymyxa genus, which includes two obligate root endoparasite species, vectors of important soilborne plant viruses. The genome assembly was represented by 1,001 contigs, with a cumulated length of 27,085,946 bp.