First Draft Genome Sequence Resource of a Strain of Isolated in North America.

Black Sigatoka disease, caused by the fungus , is one of the most devastating diseases of banana around the world. Fungicide applications are the primary tool used to manage black Sigatoka, but fungicide resistance in , as in other fungal pathogens, is one of the major limitations in the efficient management and prevention of this disease. In the current study, we present the draft genome of strain IIL-20, the first genomic sequence published from a strain of this fungus isolated in North America.

Complete genome sequence of Phobos: a novel bacteriophage with unusual genomic features that infects Pseudomonas syringae.

The GenBank database contains over 2580 complete genome sequences from bacteriophages. However, limited reports are available concerning phages can that lyse members of Pseudomonas syringae, although this is a widespread bacterial species that can infect almost 200 plant species. In the present study, we isolated and characterized a new Siphoviridae phage, named "Pseudomonas phage vB_PsyS_Phobos" (for brevity, referred to here as Phobos).