Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces acidiscabies 84-104, an emergent plant pathogen

Abstract

A draft genome sequence of the plant pathogen Streptomyces acidiscabies 84-104, an emergent plant pathogen, is presented here. The genome is among the largest of streptomycetes, at more than 11 Mb, and encodes a 100-kb pathogenicity island (PAI) shared with other plant-pathogenic streptomycetes. The presence of this conserved PAI, and the remnants of a conserved integrase/recombinase at its 3= end, supports the hypothesis that S. acidiscabies emerged as a plant pathogen as a result of this acquisition. © 2012, American Society for Microbiology.