Draft Genome Sequences of Four Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis Strains Associated with Walnut Blight in Chile

Gastón Higuera; Narjol González-Escalona; Camila Véliz; Francisca Vera; Jaime Romero

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01160-15

Draft Genome Sequences of Four Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis Strains Associated with Walnut Blight in Chile

Genome Announc. 2015 Oct 8;3(5):e01160-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01160-15.

Authors

Gastón Higuera¹, Narjol González-Escalona², Camila Véliz¹, Francisca Vera¹, Jaime Romero³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Macul, Santiago, Chile.
² Division of Microbiology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA.
³ Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Macul, Santiago, Chile jromero@inta.uchile.cl.

Abstract

Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis is an important pathogen responsible for walnut blight outbreaks globally. Here, we report four draft genome sequences of X. arboricola pv. juglandis strains isolated from Chilean walnut trees.