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Complete genome assembly of the levan‐positive strain PVFi1 of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi isolated from olive knots in Central Italy

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Summary Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi, the causal agent of olive knot disease, is a fluorescent Gram‐negative bacterium classified, according to the specific LOPAT profile, as Ib. However, during the 90s,… Click to show full abstract

Summary Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi, the causal agent of olive knot disease, is a fluorescent Gram‐negative bacterium classified, according to the specific LOPAT profile, as Ib. However, during the 90s, a number of atypical non‐fluorescent levan‐positive strains of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi have been unexpectedly isolated from olive knots in Central Italy. Since its first report, several studies were conducted on this species variant, but its genome sequence has never been reported. The complete genome sequence and two additional plasmids of PVFi1, a representative strain, were here obtained using a hybrid sequencing approach with both Oxford Nanopore Technology and Illumina sequencing. A thorough genomic analysis unravelled several genetic features of this peculiar strain, showing a transposase insertion downstream a fragmented copy of the levansucrase gene. The same features were previously reported on levan‐negative Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi strains. In addition, a second copy of the levansucrase gene fully equipped for a gene expression and comparable to the levan‐positive Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. glycinea, may explain the levan‐positive test. This result provides a solid genetic demonstration that the bacterial species Pseudomonas savastanoi contains either levan‐positive or levan‐negative strains, providing insights for an update of the related LOPAT classification.

Keywords: isolated olive; pseudomonas savastanoi; savastanoi savastanoi; savastanoi; levan positive

Journal Title: Environmental Microbiology Reports
Year Published: 2022

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