The genome of newly classified Ochroconis mirabilis: Insights into fungal adaptation to different living conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ochroconis mirabilis, a recently introduced water-borne dematiaceous fungus, is occasionally isolated from human skin lesions and nails. We identified an isolate of O. mirabilis from a skin scraping with morphological and molecular studies. Its genome was then sequenced and analysed for genetic features related to classification and biological characteristics.

Results

UM 578 was identified as O. mirabilis based on morphology and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-based phylogeny. The 34.61 Mb assembled genome with 13,435 predicted genes showed less efficiency of this isolate in plant cell wall degradation. Results from the peptidase comparison analysis with reported keratin-degrading peptidases from dermatophytes suggest that UM 578 is very unlikely to be utilising

SUBMITTER: Yew SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4738786 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature