Obtaining the full sequence of the genome of one plant trypanosomatid. Phytomonas sp. EM1 isolate:EM1

The benefits of the comparative sequencing of two plant trypanosomatids, one pathogenic isolate from coconut (HART1) and one latex isolate from Euphorbia (EM1) could be : - The insights gained into the molecular evolutionary relationships within the Trypanosomatidae (Trypanosoma and Leishmania cause severe human diseases like sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and kala-azar.) - Identification of subsets of genes linked to different pathogenesis mechanisms. - A better understanding of the biology of “Phytomonas,” which will eventually result in better and safer control methods. - New keys for taxonomical changes in the former “lower trypanosomatids”. Because plant trypanosomatids have not been in vitro cultured before 1986, they are poorly known compared to human trypanosomatids. In this bioproject, we describe one of the two isolates (EM1).