The genome sequence of the fungal pathogen Fusarium virguliforme that causes sudden death syndrome in soybean.

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Fusarium virguliforme causes sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybean, a disease of serious concern throughout most of the soybean producing regions of the world. Despite the global importance, little is known about the pathogenesis mechanisms of F. virguliforme. Thus, we applied Next-Generation DNA Sequencing to reveal the draft F. virguliforme genome sequence and identified putative pathogenicity genes to facilitate discovering the mechanisms used by the pathogen to cause this disease.

Methodology/principal findings

We have generated the draft genome sequence of F. virguliforme by conducting whole-genome shotgun sequencing on a 454 GS-FLX Titanium sequencer. Initially, single-end reads of a 400-bp shotgun library were assembled using the PCAP program. Paired end s

SUBMITTER: Srivastava SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3891557 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature