Abstract
Phytoplasmas are bacterial plant pathogens that can affect different vegetal hosts. In South America, a phytoplasma belonging to ribosomal subgroup 16SrIII-J has been reported in many crops. Here we report its genomic draft sequence, showing a total length of 687,253 bp and a G+C content of 27.72%.
Highlights
Phytoplasmas are bacterial plant pathogens that can affect different vegetal hosts
Phytoplasma diseases are widely distributed around the world and many of the species have been reported in South America [1, 2]
DNA extract was obtained from single infected periwinkle plants according to a previous report [11]
Summary
Phytoplasmas are bacterial plant pathogens that can affect different vegetal hosts. In South America, a phytoplasma belonging to ribosomal subgroup 16SrIII-J has been reported in many crops. Phytoplasma diseases are widely distributed around the world and many of the species have been reported in South America [1, 2]. Two efficient insect vectors of 16SrIII-J phytoplasma were found in Chile and different weeds have been reported as reservoirs of the same phytoplasma [8,9,10]. Knowledge of the genome of this phytoplasma is of great concern for the agronomy sanitary status in South America.
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