The Pseudomonas-Plant
Interaction Project originated with a proposal by a group of investigators,
headed by Dr. Alan Collmer at Cornell University, to determine
the genome sequence of P. syringae pv tomato DC3000
and begin exploration of the functional genomics of its interaction
with the host plant tomato. Funding was provided by the NSF Plant
Genome Research Program grant DBI-0077622 and the sequencing was
performed at The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR). Cost savings
from the DC3000 sequencing project are presently being used by
TIGR to complete genome sequencing and annotation for P. syringae
pv. phaseolicola 1448A.
Rationale
for obtaining a complete sequence of a second P. syringae
strain:
- a roadmap
to pathogenicity islands and other fitness islands
- a reference
for global interpretation of the Pto DC3000 genome
- a reference
for studying the evolution of virulence
Investigators
