High-Quality Complete Genome Resource of Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium Dickeya solani IPO 2019, Isolated from Hyacinthus orientalis

Abstract

Dickeya solani is an emerging plant pathogenic bacterium, causing disease symptoms in a variety of agriculturally relevant crop species worldwide. To date a number of D. solani genomes have been sequenced and characterized, the great majority of these genomes have however come from D. solani strains isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and not from other plant hosts. Herewith, we present the first complete, high-quality genome of D. solani strain IPO 2019 (LMG 25990) isolated from ornamental plant Hyacinthus orientalis. The genome of D. solani strain IPO 2019 consists of one chromosome of 4,919,542 bp., with a GC content of 56.2% and no plasmids. The genome contains 4502 annotated features, 22 rRNA genes, 73 tRNA genes and 1 CRISPRS. We believe that the information of this high-quality, complete, closed genome of D. solani strain isolated from host plant different than potato (i.e. hyacinth) will provide resources for comparative genomic studies as well as for analyses targeting adaptation and ecological fitness mechanisms present in Dickeya solani species.