Genome sequence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Pythium ultimum reveals original pathogenicity mechanisms and effector repertoire

• Main Authors: C. André Lévesque, Henk Brouwer, Liliana Cano, John P. Hamilton, Carson Holt, Edgar Huitema, Sylvain Raffaele, Gregg P. Robideau, Marco Thines, Joe Win, Marcelo M. Zerillo, Gordon W. Beakes, Jeffrey L. Boore, Dana Busam, Bernard Dumas, Steve Ferriera, Susan I. Fuerstenberg, Claire M.M. Gachon, Elodie Gaulin, Francine Govers, Laura Grenville-Briggs, Neil Horner, Jessica Hostetler, Rays H.Y. Jiang, Justin Johnson, Theerapong Krajaejun, Haining Lin, Harold J.G. Meijer, Barry Moore, Paul Morris, Vipaporn Phuntmart, Daniela Puiu, Jyoti Shetty, Jason E. Stajich, Sucheta Tripathy, Stephan Wawra, Pieter van West, Brett R. Whitty, Pedro M. Coutinho, Bernard Henrissat, Frank Martin, Paul D. Thomas, Brett M. Tyler, Ronald P. De Vries, Sophien Kamoun, Mark Yandell, Ned Tisserat, C. Robin Buell
• Other Authors: Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/28482
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: Pythium ultimum is a ubiquitous oomycete plant pathogen responsible for a variety of diseases on a broad range of crop and ornamental species.Results: The P. ultimum genome (42.8 Mb) encodes 15,290 genes and has extensive sequence similarity and synteny with related Phytophthora species,...