title: Dickeya zeae strain MS1 isolate 6-4-1
organism: Dickeya zeae MS1
description: Dickeya zeae strain MS1 is the causal bacterium of banana bacterial soft rot. The disease was characterized by an odorous soft rot of the center of the rhizome. The rot progressed up the pseudostem, destroying the growing point and causing internal decay, and often accompanied by vascular discoloration. However it shows specific gray thallus in culturing compared with other Dickeya pathogens, and is short of the phytotoxin against a range of bacterial pathogens compared with other D. zeae strains. The purpose of this study is to sequence the whole genome to understand the epidemiology and comparative genomics of this pathogen with other Dickeya strains.
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2009-09
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: China: Guangzhou
attributes.tag: specific_host
attributes.value: Banana
attributes.tag: isolation_source
attributes.value: pseudostem of banana affected by bacterial soft rot
attributes.tag: biome
attributes.value: Tropical fruits
attributes.tag: disease
attributes.value: Bacterial soft rot
attributes.tag: disease_stage
attributes.value: Vascular discoloration
attributes.tag: sample_type
attributes.value: Culture
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: MS1
attributes.tag: alternate_ID
attributes.value: 6-4-1