Genome sequence of an aflatoxigenic pathogen of Argentinian peanut, Aspergillus arachidicola.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aspergillus arachidicola is an aflatoxigenic fungal species, first isolated from the leaves of a wild peanut species native to Argentina. It has since been reported in maize, Brazil nut and human sputum samples. This aflatoxigenic species is capable of secreting both B and G aflatoxins, similar to A. parasiticus and A. nomius. It has other characteristics that may result in its misidentification as one of several other section Flavi species. This study offers a preliminary analysis of the A. arachidicola genome.

Results

In this study we sequenced the genome of the A. arachidicola type strain (CBS 117610) and found its genome size to be 38.9 Mb, and its number of predicted genes to be 12,091, which are values comparable to those in other sequenced Aspergilli. A com

SUBMITTER: Moore GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5845213 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature