This strain will be sequenced to test 36nt Solexa sequencing technology. Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a. Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a is the causal agent of brown spot disease on beans. This strain exhibits an epiphytic phase on plants that subsequently invades and causes disease. It can also nucleate ice at temperatures above the freezing point. This strain is being sequenced to test the performance of de novo assembly methods on real 36nt Solexa data from a previously sequenced bacterial genome.