Draft genome sequence of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum strain Fito_F321, an endophyte microorganism from Vitis vinifera with biocontrol potential

• Main Authors: Cátia Pinto, Susana Sousa, Hugo Froufe, Conceição Egas, Christophe Clément, Florence Fontaine, Ana C Gomes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018-11-01
• Series: Standards in Genomic Sciences
• Subjects: Genome sequencing; Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum; Fito_F321 strain; Grapevine-associated microorganism; Biocontrol; Endophytic microorganism
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40793-018-0327-x

Abstract Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum strain Fito_F321 is a naturally occurring strain in vineyard, with the ability to colonise grapevine and which unveils a naturally antagonistic potential against phytopathogens of grapevine, including those responsible for the Botryosphaeria dieback, a GTD disease. Herein we report the draft genome sequence of B. amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum Fito_F321, isolated from the leaf of Vitis vinifera cv. Merlot at Bairrada appellation (Cantanhede, Portugal). The genome size is 3,856,229 bp, with a GC content of 46.54% that contains 3697 protein-coding genes, 86 tRNA coding genes and 5 rRNA genes. The draft genome of strain Fito_F321 allowed to predict a set of bioactive compounds as bacillaene, difficidin, macrolactin, surfactin and fengycin that due to their antimicrobial activity are hypothesized to be of utmost importance for biocontrol of grapevine diseases.