Draft genome sequence of Xylella fastidiosa strain ATCC 35874 isolated from infected red oak in Washington, D.C.

Authors: Shao, Jonathan; GUAN, WEI - Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences; ZHAO, TINGCHANG - Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences; Huang, Qi

Submitted to: Microbiology Resource Announcements
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/26/2023
Publication Date: 12/19/2023
Citation: Shao, J.Y., Guan, W., Zhao, T., Huang, Q. 2023. Draft genome sequence of Xylella fastidiosa strain ATCC 35874 isolated from infected red oak in Washington, D.C.. Microbiology Resource Announcements. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00893-23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00893-23

Interpretive Summary: Xylella fastidiosa is an economically important plant pathogenic bacterium, infecting 679 plant species across 88 families in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. It causes bacterial leaf scorch and decline in important landscape trees including elm, mulberry, sycamore, and oak. At present, more than 200 genome sequences of X. fastidiosa strains are publicly available, but those of landscape tree strains are significantly underrepresented with only 5 such genomes published. We therefore sequenced the genome of a X. fastidiosa strain that infects red oak trees in Washington DC. The genome information is useful in developing specific detection methods, and will aid our understanding of the nutritional requirement, pathogenicity, and bacterial-host interactions of the landscape tree strains for eventual control of this important bacterium.

Technical Abstract: We report here the draft genome sequence of Xylella fastidiosa strain ATCC 35874. The strain was originally isolated from infect red oak in Washington DC and obtained from the American Type Culture Collection. The ATCC 35874 genome contains 2,543,332 bp and has a G+C content of 51.72%.