Dickeya zeae strain:A5272 Genome sequencing. Dickeya zeae strain:A5272

Dickeya zeae is a gram negative and is the causal agent of maize stalk rot, rice foot rot, banana soft rot and pineapple heart rot diseases. Dickeya zeae was reported as a heart rot pathogen on pineapple which are coming from Philippine and Costa Rica/Honduras. These pineapples had a different origin and infected with Dickeya zeae (Sueno et al 2014). Based on this information, the analysis of complete genome of Dickeya zeae strains which are from pineapple field would provide new species into the Dickeya genera.