1 Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada.
2 Department of Crop Physiology and School of Ecology and Conservation, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India.

Genome Sequence Resource of Bacillus velezensis EB14, a native endophytic bacterial strain with biocontrol potential against the poplar stem canker causative pathogen, Sphaerulina musiva.

Phytopathology. 2020 Dec 02; :

Authors: Naik S, Tsang A, Ramanan US, Dayanandan S

Abstract

Bacillus velezensis EB14, isolated from a leaf of Populus ? jackii, possesses antagonistic activity against Sphaerulina musiva, a fungal pathogen of Populus sp. that causes leaf spots and stem cankers on Poplars limiting the utility of hybrid poplars as plantation trees. We sequenced the genome of B. velezensis EB14 to gain insights into the underlying basis of its antagonistic activity. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of B. velezensis EB14, a gram-positive bacterium of the family Bacillaceae. Through antiSMASH analysis, we predicted several gene clusters coding for the biosynthesis of antimicrobial compounds, and several genes involved in plant bacterial interactions. These findings support the potential of developing B. velezensis EB14 as a biocontrol agent against S. musiva in poplar plantations. The genome of B. velezensis EB14 along with genome sequences of closely related B. velezensis species are invaluable for comparative genomic analyses to gain insights into bacterial, fungal and host plant interactions.

PMID: 33263425 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]