{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Yang R"],"pubmed_abstract":["<i>Acidovorax citrulli</i> is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch (BFB), a serious threat to cucurbit crop production worldwide. Based on genetic and phenotypic properties, <i>A. citrulli</i> strains are divided into two major groups: group I strains have been generally isolated from melon and other non-watermelon cucurbits, while group II strains are closely associated with watermelon. In a previous study, we reported the genome of the group I model strain, M6. At that time, the M6 genome was sequenced by MiSeq Illumina technology, with reads assembled into 139 contigs. Here, we report the assembly of the M6 genome following sequencing with PacBio technology. This approach not only allowed full assembly of the M6 genome, but it also revealed the occurrence of a ∼53 kb plasmid. The "],"journal":["Frontiers in microbiology"],"pagination":["1400"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6595937"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Complete Assembly of the Genome of an <i>Acidovorax citrulli</i> Strain Reveals a Naturally Occurring Plasmid in This Species."],"pmcid":["PMC6595937"],"pubmed_authors":["Rosenberg T","Zhao M","Plaschkes I","Santos Garcia D","da Silva GM","Walcott R","Jimenez Guerrero I","Chen G","Morin S","Yang R","Perez Montano F","Burdman S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Complete Assembly of the Genome of an <i>Acidovorax citrulli</i> Strain Reveals a Naturally Occurring Plasmid in This Species.","description":"<i>Acidovorax citrulli</i> is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch (BFB), a serious threat to cucurbit crop production worldwide. Based on genetic and phenotypic properties, <i>A. citrulli</i> strains are divided into two major groups: group I strains have been generally isolated from melon and other non-watermelon cucurbits, while group II strains are closely associated with watermelon. In a previous study, we reported the genome of the group I model strain, M6. At that time, the M6 genome was sequenced by MiSeq Illumina technology, with reads assembled into 139 contigs. Here, we report the assembly of the M6 genome following sequencing with PacBio technology. This approach not only allowed full assembly of the M6 genome, but it also revealed the occurrence of a ∼53 kb plasmid. The ","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2026-04-08T03:05:29.687Z","creation":"2019-07-24T07:30:04Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6595937","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31281298"],"doi":["10.3389/fmicb.2019.01400"]}}