Description

Nicotiana benthamiana, colloquially known as benth or benthi, is a species of Nicotiana indigenous to Australia. It is a close relative of tobacco.

A synonym for this species is Nicotiana suaveolens var. cordifolia, a description given by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis in 1868. This was transferred to Nicotiana benthamiana by Karel Domin in Bibliotheca Botanica (1929), honoring the original author in the specific epithet.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Nicotiana benthamiana

• Nicotiana benthamiana gwh_assembly 5285

S genes

Nicotiana benthamiana gwh_assembly 5285 S genes

Query	Scaffold	Size(bp)	Coordinates	BLASTn Hit	BLASTn %ID	Domain
S-RNase	GWHBKBG00000003	162547812	20273157-20272935, 20272889-20272396	Nicotiana alata U08861.1, NaS6-RNase	78.1	Ribonuclease T2 family
SLF-1	GWHBKBG00000003	162547812	20427995-20429164	Nicotiana alata EF420255.1, NaDD5-S2	84.1	F-box domain
SLF-2	GWHBKBG00000003	162547812	20650696-20649527	Nicotiana alata EF420255.1, NaDD5-S2	83.9	F-box domain

Downloads

The Nicotiana benthamiana S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Nicotiana_benthamiana

Publications

Bombarely A, Rosli HG, Vrebalov J, Moffett P, Mueller LA, Martin GB. A draft genome sequence of Nicotiana benthamiana to enhance molecular plant-microbe biology research. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2012 Dec;25(12):1523-30. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-06-12-0148-TA.

Kurotani KI, Hirakawa H, Shirasawa K, Tanizawa Y, Nakamura Y, Isobe S, Notaguchi M. Genome Sequence and Analysis of Nicotiana benthamiana, the Model Plant for Interactions between Organisms. Plant Cell Physiol. 2023 Mar 1;64(2):248-257. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcac168.

Wu Y, Li D, Hu Y, Li H, Ramstein GP, Zhou S, Zhang X, Bao Z, Zhang Y, Song B, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Gagnon E, Särkinen T, Knapp S, Zhang C, Städler T, Buckler ES, Huang S. Phylogenomic discovery of deleterious mutations facilitates hybrid potato breeding. Cell. 2023 May 25;186(11):2313-2328.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.008.

Ranawaka B, An J, Lorenc MT, Jung H, Sulli M, Aprea G, Roden S, Llaca V, Hayashi S, Asadyar L, LeBlanc Z, Ahmed Z, Naim F, de Campos SB, Cooper T, de Felippes FF, Dong P, Zhong S, Garcia-Carpintero V, Orzaez D, Dudley KJ, Bombarely A, Bally J, Winefield C, Giuliano G, Waterhouse PM. A multi-omic Nicotiana benthamiana resource for fundamental research and biotechnology. Nat Plants. 2023 Sep;9(9):1558-1571. doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01489-8.