Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni Genomes for GroE Chaperonin System Analysis

Christine Hammond's 2026 dataset provides genome assemblies and comparative genomics data for the phytopathogenic bacterium 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'. It includes two new, high-quality, non-fragmented genome assemblies and a survey of other genomes in the 16SrIII ribosomal group. The data confirms the lack of a functional GroE chaperonin system in this species and identifies non-functional groEL pseudogenes.

Use Cases

• Comparative genomics analysis based on the provided high-quality genome assemblies.
• Studying gene loss and pseudogenization events based on the identified non-functional groEL pseudogenes.
• Investigating the evolutionary implications of lacking a GroE system based on the survey of 16SrIII genomes.
• Testing hypotheses about horizontal gene transfer based on the examination of GroE acquisition.

Strengths

• Includes two new, high-quality, non-fragmented genome assemblies.
• Provides a thorough survey of GroEL/GroES genes across the 16SrIII group.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 24.7 MB size suggests a relatively small dataset.

Provenance

Source

Christine Hammond via figshare.

Collection Method

Genome sequencing and comparative genomics analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 20:19:06; freshness should be verified.