ABSTRACT
Bacillus velezensis JTYP2 was isolated from the leaves of Echeveria laui in Qingzhou, China, and may control some of the fungal pathogens of the plant. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of B. velezensis JTYP2. Several gene clusters related to its biosynthesis of antimicrobial compounds were predicted.
GENOME ANNOUNCEMENT
To decrease the pesticide residue and environmental pollution in agricultural production, more and more bacteria are being applied as biological agents to suppress plant pathogens or promote plant growth (1–3). Bacillus velezensis is reported to be one of the plant growth-promoting bacteria. It has been reclassified as a synonym of B. methylotrophicus, B. amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum, and B. oryzicola (4). Some characteristics of B. velezensis for plant-growth promotion have been identified. Meng et al. reported that B. velezensis BAC03 could promote the growth of some plants through IAA production, NH3 production, and ACC-deaminase activity (5). B. velezensis Bve2 can promote the growth of cotton and reduce the population density of Meloidogyne incognita (6). B. velezensis RC218 has biocontrol effects on Fusarium head blight (7).
Recently, B. velezensis strain JTYP2 was isolated from the leaves of Echeveria laui in Qingzhou, China. It exhibits strong inhibition against Fusarium inflexum, which can cause black rot disease of Echeveria laui. To more fully understand the molecular genetic characteristics of this strain, the complete genome sequence was obtained. A high-quality genomic DNA was extracted, randomly fragmented, and then sequenced using the PacBio platform. Single-molecule real-time (SMRT) DNA sequencing of 10 kb was carried out (8). The sequences were de novo assembled by SmrtLink (9) (v3.1.1). The genome coverage of B. velezensis JTYP2 reached 980×. The genome was annotated by the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (PGAP) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/annotation_prok/). The repeated sequences were detected by RepeatModeler (10) (v1.0.8). In addition, the gene clusters involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites were predicted by antiSMASH (11) (v3.0.5, http://antismash.secondarymetabolites.org/).
The circular chromosome of B. velezensis JTYP2 consists of 3,929,789 bp, with a G+C content of 46.5%. A total of 3,889 genes were annotated, among which, 3,656 coding genes were involved. The number of RNA genes in the genome was 118, including 27 rRNA genes, 86 tRNA genes, and 5 noncoding RNA (ncRNA) genes. Meanwhile, 115 pseudo genes were annotated. There were 7 short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), 25 long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs), 3 long terminal repeats (LTRs), and 13 transposable elements. A total of 12 gene clusters were predicted to code antagonistic substances on plant pathogens, and half of them present high similarity with the known gene clusters. Two gene clusters (BAJT_07230-BAJT_07470 and BAJT_11035-BAJT_11300), which belong to type transAT polyketide synthase (PKS), were similar to the biosynthetic genes of macrolactin and difficidin, respectively. Two gene clusters (BAJT_08585-BAJT_08825 and BAJT_09175-BAJT_09505) were classified as nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) type transAT PKSs. The first one showed 100% similarity with the biosynthetic genes of bacillaene. The other one showed 100% similarity with the gene cluster of fengycin. An NRPS-bacteriocin type gene cluster (BAJT_14725-BAJT_15045) was related to bacillibactin biosynthesis. A gene cluster (BAJT_17730-BAJT_17945) was detected to be relevant to bacilysin production. The other 6 clusters of genes might be involved in biosynthesis of new antimicrobial compounds. The complete genome data will be helpful to understand the molecular mechanisms of biocontrol in B. velezensis JTYP2.
Accession number(s).
The genome sequence of Bacillus velezensis JTYP2 has been deposited in GenBank under the accession number CP020375. The version described in this paper is the first version, CP020375.1.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank everyone who contributed to this paper.
This work was supported by Key Agricultural Application Technology Innovation Program of Shandong Province “Development and Application on new-type bio-fertilizer of Famous flower” (2014GNC113006), the Science and Technology Major Projects of Shandong Province (2015ZDXX0502B02), the National Science and Technology Pillar Program of China (2014BAD16B02), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 31600090; 31100005), the key technical project of Shandong Yancao Co. Ltd. (KN238-201602), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M582121).
Footnotes
Citation Wang B, Liu H, Ma H, Wang C, Liu K, Li Y, Hou Q, Ge R, Zhang T, Liu F, Ma J, Wang Y, Wang H, Xu B, Yao G, Xu W, Fan L, Ding Y, Du B. 2017. Complete genome sequence of biocontroller Bacillus velezensis strain JTYP2, isolated from leaves of Echeveria laui. Genome Announc 5:e00505-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00505-17.
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