Draft genome sequences of 17 isolates of the plant pathogenic bacterium Dickeya

Leighton Pritchard*, Sonia Humphris, Gerry S. Saddler, John G. Elphinstone, Minna Pirhonen, Ian K. Toth

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Abstract

Dickeya (formerly Erwinia chrysanthemi) species cause diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants worldwide. Here we present the draft sequences of 17 Dickeya isolates spanning four Dickeya species, including five isolates that are currently unassigned to a species.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere00978-13
Number of pages2
JournalGenome Announcements
Volume1
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov 2013

Funding

This study was funded by the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) (SCR/0919/07 and SCR/0927/09) and the Agriculture, Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) through the Potato Council (R437). We thank members of the Centre for Genomics Research at the University of Liverpool for sequencing Dickeya strains used in the study.

Keywords

  • Dickeya species
  • disease
  • genome sequences

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