Draft Genome Sequence of Burkholderia andropogonis Type Strain ICMP2807, Isolated from Sorghum bicolor

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Burkholderia andropogonis ICMP2807, a phytopathogenic bacterium isolated from Sorghum bicolor plants in the United States.

Robbsia betulipollinis sp. nov., Isolated from Pollen of Birch (Betula pendula)

“… Strains: 1, Bb-Pol-6 T ; 2, Robbsia andropogonis DSM 9511 T . All data were obtained from this study (+ , positive; −, negative), except the DNA G + C content of R. andropogonis DSM 9511 T [ 5 ]. All strains were Gram-stain-negative, oxidase-negative and catalase positive …”

“…The phylogenetically separated species and single species in the genus, Robbsia andropogonis , was isolated from sorghum with strip disease and first described by Smith as Bacterium andropogoni [ 3 ]. The DNA G + C content ranges from 59 to 61.3 mol% [ 4 ], and is 58.92 mol% for the type strain DSM9511 T [ 5 ]. After initial description, R. andropogonis has been reclassified several times into the genus Pseudomonas [ 6 ], Burkholderia [ 4 ], Paraburkholderia [ 7 ], and eventually Robbsia proposed by Lopes-Santos et al [ 8 ].…”

Proteomic Profiling of Burkholderia andropogonis

“…Burkholderia species that are pathogenic to plants include among others B. cepacia, found to be an onion pathogen [5], B. gladioli, which is a rice pathogen [4] and B. andropogonis, which is pathogenic to a wide range of crops [6][7][8][9][10]. Burkholderia andropogonis is a devastating pathogen of various crops such as amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), broad bean (Vicia faba L.), hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), rice (Oryza sativa L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) [6][7][8][9][10].…”

“…andropogonis, which is pathogenic to a wide range of crops [6][7][8][9][10]. Burkholderia andropogonis is a devastating pathogen of various crops such as amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), broad bean (Vicia faba L.), hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), rice (Oryza sativa L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) [6][7][8][9][10]. Its infection is associated with symptoms that include, among others, stem lesions, stem distortion, leaf spots, streaks and stripes [8,[10][11][12][13].…”

“…Efforts have been undertaken to understand the various molecular characteristics of B. andropogonis. this genome data and annotation showed that amongst others, that B. andropogonis has 6,047 proteincoding genes, which has inspired its further high-throughput functional molecular characterization such as transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics [6]. The efficient mining of these data will require the development of functional genomic tools, coupled with the determination of the full proteome.…”