Genome Assembly of the Nematode Rhabditoides Inermis From a Complex Microbial Community.

ABSTRACT: Free-living nematodes such as Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus are powerful model systems for linking specific traits to their underlying genetic basis. To trace the evolutionary history of specific traits or genes, a robust phylogenomic framework is indispensable. In the context of the nematode family Diplogastridae to which P. pacificus belongs, the identity of a sister group has long been debated. In this work, we generated a pseudochromosome level genome assembly of the nematode Rhabditoides inermis, which has previously been proposed as the sister taxon. The genome was assembled from a complex microbial community that is stably associated with R. inermis isolates and that consists of multiple bacteria and a fungus, which we identified as a strain of Vanrija albida. Th

SUBMITTER: Rodelsperger C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542624 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature