First insights into the genome of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi’ highlight effector protein repertoire of 16SrV phytoplasmas Bohm Jan Werner1,*, Duckeck Dominik1, Zubert Christina1, Carminati Gaia2, Schneider Bernd3, Duduk Bojan4, Kube Michael1 1Department of Integrative Infection Biology Crops-Livestock, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany 2Department of Agricultural Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy 3Julius Kuhn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture, Dossenheim, Germany 4Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Protection, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia *Corresponding author e-mail: Jan Werner Bohm (jan.boehm@uni-hohenheim.de)
Online published on 23 May, 2023. Abstract The elm yellows phytoplasma group include phytopathogenic strains associated with important insect vector-borne diseases in grapevine, alder, elm, Chinese jujube and Rubus spp. such as raspberry and blackberry. The Rubus stunt disease is associated with the presence of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi’. In contrast to other 16SrV phytoplasma taxa “flavescence dorée” and ‘Ca. P. ziziphi’, no genome sequence of this phytoplasma is available. The complete genome of ‘Ca. P. rubi’ strain RS enabled a comprehensive analysis of the derived protein content. First analyses revealed a group-specific 16SrV metabolism as well as a diversified secretome that includes two conserved effector proteins. Top Keywords 16SrV, Rubus, Complete genome, Effector proteins. Top |