Mnguni, Fanele CabangileShin, Gi YoonAegerter, Brenna J.Du Toit, Lindsey J.Derie, Michael L.Coutinho, Teresa A.2026-02-252026-02-252026-02Mnguni, F.C., Shin, G.Y., Aegerter, B.J. et al. Draft genome sequences of Rahnella perminowiae, R. aceris, and R. aquatilis isolated from onion bulbs (Allium cepa L.) displaying symptoms of bacterial rot. Journal of Plant Pathology 108, 791–795 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-025-02038-2.1125-4653 (print)2239-7264 (online)10.1007/s42161-025-02038-2http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108625DATA AVAILABILITY : The raw sequencing data generated in this study have been deposited in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under BioProject accession number PRJNA1035941. The assembled genome sequences are publicly available in the NCBI GenBank database under the accession numbers: JBHUCI000000000 (R. aquatilis 20CA0197), JBHUCG000000000 (R. aquatilis 20CA0198), JBHUCH000000000 (R. aceris 20WA0051), JBHUCJ000000000 (R. aceris 20WA0057) and JBHGNV000000000 (R. perminowiae FS4).Onions (Allium cepa L.) are among the most widely produced vegetables globally, and their cultivation plays an important role in food security (Schwartz et al. 2007). However, the emergence of opportunistic bacterial plant pathogens, such as Rahnella species, which are not fully understood yet, poses a threat to onion production (Asselin et al. 2019; Brady et al. 2022). Rahnella species are Gram-negative, facultative anaerobes within the Yersiniaceae family, part of the order Enterobacteriales (Adeolu et al. 2016). According to the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the genus consists of 15 described species that are isolated from various environments and are considered validly characterised (Guo et al. 2012; Brady et al. 2014; Lee et al. 2019; Liang et al. 2020).en© The Author(s) 2025. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Onions (Allium cepa L.)Article