Globisporangium ultimum DAOM BR144 - GCA_000143045.1 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About the Globisporangium ultimum genome

Globisporangium ultimum, previously known as Pythium ultimum, is a ubiquitous oomycete plant pathogen responsible for a variety of diseases on a broad range of crop and ornamental species. Analysis of this genome sequence suggests that not all oomycete plant pathogens contain a similar 'toolkit' for survival and pathogenesis. Globisporangium ultimum has a distinct effector repertoire compared to Phytophthora spp. The repertoire of metabolic genes within the Globisporangium ultimum genome reflects its pathogenic lifestyle. It is an opportunistic pathogen of young seedlings and plant roots with little or no cuticle or heavily suberized tissue, consistent with lack of cutinase encoding genes. It is a poor competitor against secondary invaders of damaged plant tissues and soil organisms with better saprobic ability.

Assembly

The assembly presented has been imported from INSDC.

Annotation

The annotation has been imported from VEuPathDB.

References

1. Genome sequence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Pythium ultimum reveals original pathogenicity mechanisms and effector repertoire.
   Lvesque CA, Brouwer H, Cano L, Hamilton JP, Holt C, Huitema E, Raffaele S, Robideau GP, Thines M, Win J et al. 2010. Genome Biol.. 11:R73.
2. Pythium Genome Database.
   
3. Genome sequence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Pythium ultimum reveals original pathogenicity mechanisms and effector repertoire.
   Lvesque CA, Brouwer H, Cano L, Hamilton JP, Holt C, Huitema E, Raffaele S, Robideau GP, Thines M, Win J et al. 2010. Genome Biol.. 11:R73.
4. Comparative genomics reveals insight into virulence strategies of plant pathogenic oomycetes.
   Adhikari BN, Hamilton JP, Zerillo MM, Tisserat N, Lvesque CA, Buell CR. 2013. PLoS ONE. 8:e75072.
5. Carbohydrate-active enzymes in pythium and their role in plant cell wall and storage polysaccharide degradation.
   Zerillo MM, Adhikari BN, Hamilton JP, Buell CR, Lvesque CA, Tisserat N. 2013. PLoS ONE. 8:e72572.

Picture credit: Dr. Kanak Bala in the laboratory of André Lévesque