Coetzee, BeatrixDouglas-Smit, NicoleenMaree, Hans J.Burger, Johan T.Pietersen, GerhardKruger, Kerstin2020-08-072020-08-072019-04Coetzee B, Douglas-Smit N, Maree HJ, Burger JT, Krüger K, Pietersen G. 2019. Draft genome sequence of a “Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris”-related strain (aster yellows, subgroup 16SrI-B) from South Africa. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8:e00148-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00148-19.2576-098X (online)10.1128/MRA.00148-19http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75611Here, we report the draft genome sequence of a phytoplasma discovered in grapevine. The genome size is 600,116 nucleotides (nt), with 597 predicted open reading frames. It is most similar to a maize bushy stunt phytoplasma of group 16SrI-B (aster yellows). The possible presence of a 3,833-nt plasmid was also noted.en© 2019 Coetzee et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.GenomeCandidatusStrainPhytoplasmaSouth Africa (SA)Article