Genomics Data (Dec 2015)

Genome sequences of Photorhabdus luminescens strains isolated from entomopathogenic nematodes from southern India

  • Nagesh Mandadi,
  • Christopher Hendrickson,
  • Savithri Handanahal,
  • Thippeswamy Rajappa,
  • Nikhita Pai,
  • Saleem Javeed,
  • Abraham Verghese,
  • Anil Rai,
  • Aneesh Pappu,
  • Geetha Nagaraj,
  • Amit Dhingra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2015.07.023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. C
pp. 46 – 47

Abstract

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We report here draft whole genome sequences of three novel strains of Photorhabdus luminescens of 5.2–5.3 Mbps in size, and with a G+C content of 42.5% (each). Symbiotic γ-proteobacteria belonging to the genera, Photorhabdus (Family: Enterobacteriaceae) with their natural vectors, the entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) (Phylum: Nematoda; Order: Rhabditida; Family: Heterorhabditidae), have emerged as important biological control agents of insect pests, and are capable of production and delivery of diverse compounds to influence host biology [1–3]. Analysis of these genomes is expected to provide enhanced insight into mechanisms of virulence, insecticidal toxin genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance and monoxenicity. The nucleotide sequence information for the three strains NBAII PLHb105, NBAII HiPL101 and NBAII H75HRPL105 has been deposited in NCBI Nucleotide database and is accessible via AZAB00000000, JTHJ00000000 and JXUR00000000 accession numbers respectively.

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