Campus Units
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
8-2008
Journal or Book Title
Nature Biotechnology
Volume
26
Issue
8
First Page
303
Last Page
315
DOI
10.1038/nbt.1482
Abstract
Plant-parasitic nematodes are major agricultural pests worldwide and novel approaches to control them are sorely needed. We report the draft genome sequence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, a biotrophic parasite of many crops, including tomato, cotton and coffee. Most of the assembled sequence of this asexually reproducing nematode, totaling 86 Mb, exists in pairs of homologous but divergent segments. This suggests that ancient allelic regions in M. incognita are evolving toward effective haploidy, permitting new mechanisms of adaptation. The number and diversity of plant cell wall–degrading enzymes in M. incognita is unprecedented in any animal for which a genome sequence is available, and may derive from multiple horizontal gene transfers from bacterial sources. Our results provide insights into the adaptations required by metazoans to successfully parasitize immunocompetent plants, and open the way for discovering new antiparasitic strategies.
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Copyright Owner
Nature Publishing Group
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Abad, Pierre; Gouzy, Jérôme; Aury, Jean-Marc; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe; Danchin, Etienne G J; Deleury, Emeline; Perfus-Barbeoch, Laetitia; Anthouard, Véronique; Artiguenave, Francois; Blok, Vivian C.; Caillaud, Marie-Cécile; Coutinho, Pedro M.; Dasilva, Corinne; De Luca, Francesca; Deau, Florence; Esquibet, Magali; Flutre, Timothé; Goldstone, Jared V.; Hamamouch, Noureddine; Hewezi, Tarek; Jaillon, Olivier; Jubin, Claire; Leonetti, Paola; Magliano, Marc; Maier, Tom R.; Markov, Gabriel V.; McVeigh, Paul; Pesole, Graziano; Poulain, Julie; Robinson-Rechavi, Marc; Sallet, Erika; Ségurens, Béatrice; Steinbach, Delphine; Tytgat, Tom; Ugarte, Edgardo; van Ghelder, Cyril; Veronico, Pasqua; Baum, Thomas J.; Blaxter, Mark; Bleve-Zacheo, Teresa; Davis, Eric L.; Ewbank, Jonathan J.; Favery, Bruno; Grenier, Eric; Henrissat, Bernard; Jones, John T.; Laudet, Vincent; Maule, Aaron G.; Quesneville, Hadi; Rosso, Marie-Noëlle; Schiex, Thomas; Smant, Geert; Weissenbach, Jean; and Wincker, Patrick, "Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita" (2008). Plant Pathology and Microbiology Publications. 171.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/plantpath_pubs/171
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Comments
This article is published as Abad, Pierre, Jérôme Gouzy, Jean-Marc Aury, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno, Etienne GJ Danchin, Emeline Deleury, Laetitia Perfus-Barbeoch et al. "Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita." Nature biotechnology 26, no. 8 (2008): 909-915, doi: 10.1038/nbt.1482. Posted with permission.