Comparative genomic insights into the epidemiology and virulence of plant pathogenic pseudomonads from Turkey.

ABSTRACT: Pseudomonas is a highly diverse genus that includes species that cause disease in both plants and animals. Recently, pathogenic pseudomonads from the Pseudomonas syringae and Pseudomonas fluorescens species complexes have caused significant outbreaks in several agronomically important crops in Turkey, including tomato, citrus, artichoke and melon. We characterized 169 pathogenic Pseudomonas strains associated with recent outbreaks in Turkey via multilocus sequence analysis and whole-genome sequencing, then used comparative and evolutionary genomics to characterize putative virulence mechanisms. Most of the isolates are closely related to other plant pathogens distributed among the primary phylogroups of P. syringae, although there are significant numbers

SUBMITTER: Dillon MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature