Whole Genome Resources of 17 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens Strains Including Pathotypes of C. flaccumfaciens pv. betae, C. flaccumfaciens pv. oortii and C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens complex species in the family Microbacteriaceae encompasses a group of plant pathogenic actinobacterial strains affecting annual crops and ornamental plants. The species includes five pathovars namely C. flaccumfaciens pv. betae, C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, C. flaccumfaciens pv. ilicis, C. flaccumfaciens pv. oortii, and C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae. Despite the economic importance of C. flaccumfaciens, its members have rarely been investigated for their phylogenetic relationships, molecular characteristics and virulence repertories due in part to the lack of whole genome resources. Here we present the whole genome sequence of 17 C. flaccumfaciens strains representing members of four pathovars isolated from different plant species in a diverse geographical and temporal span. The genomic data presented in this study will pave the way of research on the comparative genomics, phylogenomics and taxonomy of C. flaccumfaciens, and extend our understanding of the virulence features of the species.