Complete genome sequence of Ralstonia solanacearum OE1-1. Ralstonia solanacearum OE1-1

Ralstonia solanacearum is a plant pathogen and infects more than 200 plant species. This bacterium is classified into four phylotypes, based on egl nucleotide sequences. OE1-1 is a Japanese R. solanacearum strain and belongs to phylotype I. GMI1000, which is isolated from French Guiana and also belongs to phylotype I, is well characterized. While GMI1000 elicits HR on tobacco, OE1-1 is pathogenic to tobacco. We are interested in this different phenomenon. One of the ways to elucidate it is to do comparative analysis of two genome sequences. The objective of this project is to find out differences between OE1-1 and GMI1000 in terms of genome sequences.