1 Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Stockholm Sweden.
2 Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2018 Sep;31(9):903-905. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-12-17-0321-A. Epub 2018 Aug 3.
Phytophthora colocasiae is a phytopathogenic oomycete that causes leaf blight and corm rot on taro (Colocasia esculenta), an important staple crop in the tropics. The impact of P. colocasiae is a serious concern for food security in Asian and Oceanic regions. Vietnamese strain 7290 of P. colocasiae was sequenced (Illumina) to assemble a draft genome of 56.6 Mb, comprised of 19,853 scaffolds and 19,984 predicted protein-coding genes. As in other Phytophthora species, P. colocasiae possesses numerous pathogenicity-related genes, such as the RxLR class of effectors. This draft genome sequence of P. colocasiae provides a resource to underpin the first steps in determining the molecular mechanisms of disease development in this pathosystem.
芋疫霉是一种植物病原卵菌，可引起热带地区重要主食作物芋（Colocasia esculenta）的叶枯病和球茎腐烂病。芋疫霉的影响是亚洲和大洋洲地区粮食安全的一个严重关切问题。对来自越南的芋疫霉菌株 7290 进行测序（Illumina），组装得到一个 56.6Mb 的草图基因组，由 19853 个支架和 19984 个预测的蛋白编码基因组成。与其他 Phytophthora 物种一样，芋疫霉拥有许多与致病性相关的基因，如 RxLR 类效应子。芋疫霉的这个草图基因组序列为确定该病原体系中疾病发展的分子机制的第一步提供了资源。
