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Genetic Manipulation of the Plant Pathogen Ustilago maydis to Study Fungal Biology and Plant Microbe Interactions
Published on: September 30, 2016
Draft genome of the switchgrass head smut pathogen Tilletia maclaganii
Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci1,2, Kevin L Myers3, Chathu Wijewardana3
1Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Abstract:
Tilletia maclaganii is a smut fungal pathogen that causes significant biomass reduction of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) used for animal forage and biofuel production. Here we present the annotated genome of T. maclaganii, strain Tm001-NY21, estimated at 42.79 Mb in size, in 53 assembled contigs and encoding 10,235 predicted genes. This genome will be important for future comparative studies of Ustilaginales across its geographic and host range.
