23 Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae genomes sequencing

The Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is the causal agent of bacterial blight (BB) disease on rice. BB represents a well-known case of coevolution between pathogens and their hosts. To investigate the evolutionary relationships between and within the different Xoo races, we re-sequenced 23 representative strains of key Xoo races from China and Philippines. In total, 19.5 GB high-quality bases with an average sequencing depth of 172.9X for each strain were generated and 33,006 SNPs were obtained in the 23 Xoo strains. The genome datasets generated in this study can be used on comparative genomic research to further understanding of the evolution of Xoo.