Draft genome sequences for ten strains of <i>Xanthomonas</i> species that have phylogenomic importance

Here we report draft-quality genome sequences for pathotype strains of eight plant-pathogenic bacterial pathovars: <i>Xanthomonas campestris</i> pv. <i>asclepiadis</i>, <i>X. campestris</i> pv. <i>cannae</i>, <i>X. campestris</i> pv. <i>esculenti</i>, <i>X. campestris</i> pv. <i>nigromaculans</i>, <i>X. campestris</i> pv. <i>parthenii</i>, <i>X. campestris</i> pv. <i>phormiicola</i>, <i>X. campestris</i> pv. <i>zinniae</i> and <i>X. dyei</i> pv. <i>eucalypti</i> (= <i>X. campestris</i> pv. <i>eucalypti</i>). We also sequenced the type strain of species <i>X. melonis</i> and the unclassified <i>Xanthomonas</i> strain NCPPB 1067. These data will be useful for phylogenomic and taxonomic studies, filling some important gaps in sequence coverage of <i>Xanthomonas</i> phylogenetic diversity. We include representatives of previously under-sequenced pathovars and species-level clades. Furthermore, these genome sequences may be useful in elucidating the molecular basis for important phenotypes, such as biosynthesis of coronatine-related toxins and degradation of fungal toxin cercosporin.