Draft genome assembly of the false spider mite Brevipalpus yothersi

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Navia, Denise
Novelli, Valdenice M.
Rombauts, Stephane
Freitas-Astua, Juliana
Santos de Mendonca, Renata
Nunes, Maria Andreia
Machado, Marcos A.
Lin, Yao-Cheng
Le, Phuong
Zhang, Zaichao

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American Society for Microbiology

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The false spider mite Brevipalpus yothersi infests a broad host plant range and has become one of the most economically important species within the genus Brevipalpus. This phytophagous mite inflicts damage by both feeding on plants and transmitting plant viruses. Here, we report the first draft genome sequence of the false spider mite, which is also the first plant virus mite vector to be sequenced. The 72 Mb genome (sequenced at 42 coverage) encodes 16,000 predicted protein-coding genes.

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False spider mite (Brevipalpus yothersi)

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Navia D, Novelli VM, Rombauts S, Freitas-Astúa J, Santos de Mendonça R, Nunes MA, Machado MA, Lin Y-C, Le P, Zhang Z, Grbic´ M, Wybouw N, Breeuwer JAJ, Van Leeuwen T, Van de Peer Y. 2019. Draft genome assembly of the false spider mite Brevipalpus yothersi. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8:e01563-18. https://DOI.org/ 10.1128/MRA.01563-18.