Deep sequencing revealed genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism and plasmid content of Erwinia amylovora strains isolated in Middle Atlas, Morocco.
Erwinia amylovora causes economic losses that affect pear and apple production in Morocco. Here, we report comparative genomics of four Moroccan E. amylovora strains with the European strain CFBP1430 and North-American strain ATCC49946. Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) revealed genetic homogeneity of Moroccan's strains and their proximity to the European strain CFBP1430. Moreover, the collected sequences allowed the assembly of a 65 kpb plasmid, which is highly similar to the plasmid pEI70 harbored by several European E. amylovora isolates. This plasmid was found in 33% of the 40 E. amylovora strains collected from several host plants in 2009 and 2010 in Morocco.
['Hannou|Najat|N|', 'Mondy|Samuel|S|', 'Planamente|Sara|S|', 'Moumni|Mohieddine|M|', 'Llop|Pablo|P|', 'López|María|M|', 'Manceau|Charles|C|', 'Barny|Marie-Anne|MA|', 'Faure|Denis|D|']
D004783:Environmental Microbiology D044084:Erwinia amylovora D005060:Europe D016680:Genome, Bacterial D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing D027845:Malus D008969:Molecular Sequence Data D009018:Morocco D009656:North America D010957:Plasmids D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide D031989:Pyrus
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