Genome assembly and annotation of Babesia rossi, a protozoan parasite for canine babesiosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Apicomplexan parasite, Babesia rossi, is an Ixodid tick-transmitted pathogen that causes the most severe form of canine babesiosis disease. Compared to other Babesia pathogens of dogs, B. rossi exhibits unique pathophysiology, virulence, and a responsiveness to drugs that differs from the small Babesia parasites.

Results

Here we report the first near-complete chromosome-level assembly of Babesia rossi strain PMB - isolated from a sick dog from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Assembly with long-read HiFi data yielded 21.06 Mbp genome size, spanning across five gene-dense chromosome-level scaffolds, a single apicoplast scaffold, and a remaining 54 unplaced low gene density scaffolds with 1.32 Mb N50 and 96.6% BUSCO Apicomplexan completeness. The genome annotation id

SUBMITTER: Redekar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12210458 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature