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Title:   Author  item
                                            SHAPIRO, LORI - Harvard Universityitem
                                            Scully, Erinitem
                                            ROBERTS, DANA - Pennsylvania State Universityitem
                                            STRAUB, TIMOTHY - Dartmouth Collegeitem
                                            Geib, Scottitem
                                            PARK, JIHYE - Massachusetts General Hospitalitem
                                            STEPHENSON, ANDREW - Pennsylvania State Universityitem
                                            LIU, QUIN - Iowa State Universityitem
                                            SALAAU, ROJAS - Iowa State Universityitem
                                            BEATTIE, GWYN - Iowa State Universityitem
                                            GLEASON, MARK - Iowa State Universityitem
                                            DE MORAES, CONSUELO - Eth Zurichitem
                                            MESCHER, MARK - Eth Zurichitem
                                            FLEISCHER, SHELBY - Pennsylvania State Universityitem
                                            KOLTER, ROBERTO - Harvard Universityitem
                                            PIERCE, NAOMI - Harvard Universityitem
                                            ZHAXYBAYEVA, OLGA - Dartmouth College
  Submitted to: Genome Announcements
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 5/6/2015
                                    Publication  Date: 6/4/2015
                                    Citation: Shapiro, L.R., Scully, E.D., Roberts, D., Straub, T.J., Geib, S.M., Park, J., Stephenson, A.G., Liu, Q., Salaau, R.E., Beattie, G., Gleason, M., De Moraes, C.D., Mescher, M.C., Fleischer, S.G., Kolter, R., Pierce, N., Zhaxybayeva, O. 2015. Draft genome sequence of Erwinia tracheiphila, an economically important bacterial pathogen of cucurbits. Genome Announcements. DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00482-15.Interpretive Summary: The bacterial plant pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila causes large scale agricultural losses of cucumber, melons, squashes, pumpkins, and gourds, in the Northeastern United States. It is transmitted to its host plants by the striped cucumber beetle, a common insect pest of gourds. The mechanisms by which this pathogen colonizes the digestive tract of the striped cucumber beetle and invades its plant hosts have remained uncharacterized. To understand the biology of this pathogen, the genome of an Erwinia tracheiphila strain isolated from a wild gourd at the Larsen Agricultural Research Center (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA) was sequenced and genes related to virulence and pathogenicity were characterized.
                                Technical Abstract: Erwinia tracheiphila is one of the most economically important pathogen of cucumbers, melons, squashes, pumpkins, and gourds, in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, yet the molecular pathology remains uninvestigated. Here we report the first draft genome sequence of an E. tracheiphila strain. This sequence, which was of a strain isolated from an infected wild gourd (Cucurbita pepo ssp. texana) plant, indicates the presence of at least 21 prophage elements.


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