title: Sequencing of K60, type strain of the major plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum.
abstract: Ralstonia solanacearum is a widespread and destructive plant pathogen. We present the genome of the type strain, K60 (phylotype IIA, sequevar 7). Sequevar 7 strains cause ongoing tomato bacterial wilt outbreaks in the southeastern United States. K60 generally resembles R. solanacearum CFBP2957, a Caribbean tomato isolate, but has almost 360 unique genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Remenant
authors.forename: Lavanya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Babujee
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lajus
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Médigue
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prior
authors.forename: Caitilyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D017691:Caribbean Region; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D043368:Ralstonia solanacearum / Q000235:genetics*; D014481:United States