The genome of the cotton bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain MSCT1.

Authors: Showmaker, Kurt C and Arick, Mark A and Hsu, Chuan-Yu and Martin, Brigitte E and Wang, Xiaoqiang and Jia, Jiayuan and Wubben, Martin J and Nichols, Robert L and Allen, Tom W and Peterson, Daniel G and Lu, Shi-En

Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum is a major pathogen of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L.. In this study we report the complete genome of the X. citri pv. malvacearum strain MSCT1 assembled from long read DNA sequencing technology. The MSCT1 genome is the first X. citri pv. malvacearum genome with complete coding regions for X. citri pv. malvacearum transcriptional activator-like effectors. In addition functional and structural annotations are presented in this study that will provide a foundation for future pathogenesis studies with MSCT1.

Journal: Standards in genomic sciences
DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0253-3
Year: 2017

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