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Research Project: Biocontrol of Aflatoxin and Other Mycotoxins in Maize Using Non-toxigenic Strains of Aspergillus flavus

Location: Biological Control of Pests Research

Title: Genome sequences of three strains of Aspergillus flavus for the biological control of Aflatoxin

Author
item Weaver, Mark
item Scheffler, Brian
item Duke, Mary
item Ballard, Linda
item Abbas, Hamed
item Grodowitz, Michael

Submitted to: American Society for Microbiology, Genome Announcements
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/9/2017
Publication Date: 11/2/2017
Citation: Weaver, M.A., Scheffler, B.E., Duke, M.V., Ballard, L.L., Abbas, H.K., Grodowitz, M.J. 2017. Genome sequences of three strains of Aspergillus flavus for the biological control of Aflatoxin. American Society for Microbiology, Genome Announcements. 5(44):e01204-e01217x. https://doi:10.1128/genomeA.01204-17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01204-17

Interpretive Summary: The fungus Aspergillus flavus is important to agriculture, human health and industry. We present here the genome sequence of three strains of Aspergillus flavus with demonstrated utility for the biological control of aflatoxin. This whole genome sequence is valuable for basic biological, agricultural and epidemiological research by facilitating the identification of specific strains.

Technical Abstract: The genomes of three strains of Aspergillus flavus with demonstrated utility for the biological control of aflatoxin were sequenced. These sequences were assembled with MIRA and annotated with Augustus using A. flavus strain 3357 (NCBI EQ963472) as a reference. Each strain had a genome of 36.3 to 36.6 MB, a G+C content of 48.3% and had approximately 11 thousand genes mapped to strain 3357.