Aspergillus fumigatus A1163 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About the Aspergillus fumigatus A1163 genome

Aspergillus fumigatus is a fungus of the genus Aspergillus, and is one of the most common Aspergillus species to cause disease in individuals with an immunodeficiency. A. fumigatus causes more infections worldwide than any other mould. Four percent of all patients dying in tertiary care hospitals in Europe have invasive aspergillosis. The fungus causes allergic deseases in asthmatics and patients suffering from cystic fibrosis. Invasive aspergillosis can occur in individuals with cavities caused by tuberculosis or other cystic lung diseases.

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J. Craig Venter Institute, in collaboration with Celera Genomics](http://www.celera.com/), sequenced the Aspergillus fumigatus strain A1163 genome at 10X coverage using whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequencing.

References

1. CADRE: the Central Aspergillus Data REpository.
   Mabey JE, Anderson MJ, Giles PF, Miller CJ, Attwood TK, Paton NW, Bornberg-Bauer E, Robson GD, Oliver SG, Denning DW. 2004. Nucleic Acids Res.. 32:D401-5.
2. Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus.
   Fedorova ND, Khaldi N, Joardar VS, Maiti R, Amedeo P, Anderson MJ, Crabtree J, Silva JC, Badger JH, Albarraq A et al. 2008. PLoS Genet.. 4:e1000046.
3. Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus.
   Fedorova ND, Khaldi N, Joardar VS, Maiti R, Amedeo P, Anderson MJ, Crabtree J, Silva JC, Badger JH, Albarraq A et al. 2008. PLoS Genet.. 4:e1000046.

More information

General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.