de novo analysis and functional classification of the transcriptome of the root lesion nematode, Pratylenchus thornei, after 454 GS FLX sequencing

► First known transcriptome of the nematode Pratylenchus thornei using Roche GS FLX sequencing. ► 787,275 reads assembled into 34,312 contigs using two assemblers, yielding 6,989 contigs. ► Forty-two percent of the contigs were annotated using public databases. ► One hundred contigs matched parasitism genes of sedentary/migratory endoparasites. ► Data provides new information on genes involved in P. thornei-host interaction.