Complete Genome Sequence Data of Two <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> subsp. <i>multiplex</i> Strains (ST26) Isolated from Infected Almond and Cherry in Southern Italy

In the framework of the monitoring campaign annually carried out in the Apulia region (southern Italy) to tackle the epidemic of X. fastidiosa subsp. pauca decimating olive trees, an outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex was discovered in 2024 with almond trees being the main host plant. Multilocus sequence typing analysis revealed that the isolates were associated with sequence type 26. Although subspecies multiplex is the most predominant in Europe, this was the first report of this ST, whose occurrence is also very limited in the American continent. Here we report the high-quality, complete annotated genomes of two ST26-strains recovered from infected cherry (BA_CH92_4) and almond (BA_AL92_2) trees, contributing to extend the genomic sequence dataset to infer phylogenetic relationships within the subspecies multiplex.