Complete de novo assembly of Wolbachia endosymbiont of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) using long-read genome sequencing.

Wolbachia, a gram-negative [Formula: see text]-proteobacterium, is an endosymbiont found in some arthropods and nematodes. Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, the vector of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' (CLas), are naturally infected with a strain of Wolbachia (wDi), which has been shown to colocalize with the bacteria pathogens CLas, the pathogen associated with huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus. The relationship between wDi and CLas is poorly understood in part because the complete genome of wDi has not been available.

Near-Complete Genome Sequences of a Strain Isolated from Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (: ).

strains are one of three endosymbionts associated with the insect vector of " Liberibacter asiaticus," Kuwayama (: ). We report three near-complete genome sequences of samples of from (wDi), with sizes of 1,518,595, 1,542,468, and 1,538,523 bp.