Gene database of Pseudomonas syringae pv. DC3000

<i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. DC3000 is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped plant pathogen. Able to infect a variety of plant species, the bacterium uses its Type III secretion system to inject effector proteins into plant cells; thereby, resulting in pathogenesis. Given its importance to studying plant-microbe interactions, <i>P. syringae</i> pv. DC3000 (NCBI Reference Sequence: NC_004578.1) has attracted much research attention, especially in areas seeking to understand plant pathogenesis mechanisms, as well as methods for controlling <i>P. syringae</i> pv. DC3000 infections. Using an in-house MATLAB algorithm, the annotated genome sequence of <i>P. syringae</i> pv. DC3000 was parsed and help create a gene database comprising gene names, gene functions and gene sequence. The database should find use in the phylogenetic analysis of genes important to <i>P. syringae</i> plant pathogenesis as well as studies aiming to understand how gene knockouts help ameliorate or activate plant pathogenesis by this important plant pathogen. <br><br>