Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma kunkelii Strain CR2-3x, Causal Agent of Corn Stunt Disease in Zea mays L.
Spiroplasma kunkelii causes corn stunt disease of Zea mays L. in the Americas. Here, we report the nucleotide sequence of the 1,463,926-bp circular chromosome and four plasmids of strain CR2-3x. This information will facilitate studies of Spiroplasma pathogenicity and evolutionary adaptations to transkingdom parasitism in plants and insect vectors.
Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA robert.davis@ars.usda.gov.
Robert E
RE
Davis
Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
Jonathan
J
Shao
Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
Ellen L
EL
Dally
Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
Yan
Y
Zhao
Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA.
Gail E
GE
Gasparich
Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA.
Brady J
BJ
Gaynor
Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
John C
JC
Athey
Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center, University of Florida, Davie, Florida, USA.
Nigel A
NA
Harrison
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Nicole
N
Donofrio