Whole-genome Sequencing and Comparative Genome Analysis of YM2 Causing Angular Leaf Spot Disease in Strawberry

Overview

Journal Front Plant Sci

Date 2024 Jan 9

PMID 38192696

Authors

Yue Qiu

Fangjun Wei

Han Meng

Menglin Peng

Jinhao Zhang

Yilu He

Lanfang Wei

Waqar Ahmed

Guanghai Ji

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Abstract

Background: Angular leaf spot disease caused by plant pathogenic bacterium seriously threatens strawberry crop production globally.

Methods: In this study, we sequenced the whole genome of YM2, isolated from Yunnan Province, China. In addition, we performed a comparative genome analysis of YM2 with two existing strains of YL19 and SHQP01 isolated from Liaoning and Shanghai, respectively.

Results: The results of Nanopore sequencing showed that YM2 comprises one single chromosome with a contig size of 4,263,697 bp, one plasmid contig size of 0.39 Mb, a GC content ratio of 62.27%, and 3,958 predicted coding genes. The genome of YM2 comprises , , , and gene clusters and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which are typical virulence factors in species. By performing a comparative genomic analysis between strains YM2, YL19, and SHQP01, we found that strain YM2 is similar to YL19 and SHQP01 regarding genome size and GC contents. However, there are minor differences in the composition of major virulence factors and homologous gene clusters. Furthermore, the results of collinearity analysis demonstrated that YM2 has lower similarity and longer evolutionary distance with YL19 and SHQP01, but YL19 is more closely related to SHQP01.

Conclusions: The availability of this high-quality genetic resource will serve as a basic tool for investigating the biology, molecular pathogenesis, and virulence of YM2. In addition, unraveling the potential vulnerabilities in its genetic makeup will aid in developing more effective disease suppression control measures.

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