title: Comparative genomic analysis of two Burkholderia glumae strains from different geographic origins reveals a high degree of plasticity in genome structure associated with genomic islands.
abstract: Burkholderia glumae is the major causal agent of bacterial panicle blight of rice, a growing disease problem in global rice production. To better understand its genome-scale characteristics, the genome of the highly virulent B. glumae strain 336gr-1 isolated from Louisiana, USA was sequenced using the Illumina Genome Analyser II system. De novo assembled 336gr-1 contigs were aligned and compared with the previously sequenced genome of B. glumae strain BGR1, which was isolated from an infected rice plant in South Korea. Comparative analysis of the whole genomes of B. glumae 336gr-1 and B. glumae BGR1 revealed numerous unique genomic regions present only in one of the two strains. These unique regions contained accessory genes including mobile elements and phage-related genes, and some of the unique regions in B. glumae BGR1 corresponded to predicted genomic islands. In contrast, little variation was observed in known and potential virulence genes between the two genomes. The considerable amount of plasticity largely based on accessory genes and genome islands observed from the comparison of the genomes of these two strains of B. glumae may explain the versatility of this bacterial species in various environmental conditions and geographic locations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1720, USA.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Joohyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Thiru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramaraj
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: Milton C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.forename: Jong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ham
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D019117:Burkholderia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D020451:Contig Mapping; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D044404:Genomic Islands / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D008145:Louisiana; D012275:Oryza / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013045:Species Specificity; D026801:Synteny; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
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