Aspergillus niger Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Aspergillus niger (GCA_001515345)

Aspergillus niger is a fungus and one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus.

It causes a disease called black mould on certain fruits and vegetables such as grapes, apricots, onions, and peanuts, and is a common contaminant of food. It is ubiquitous in soil and is commonly reported from indoor environments, where its black colonies can be confused with those of Stachybotrys (species of which have also been called
"black mould
"). It also produces the isoflavone orobol.

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Assembly

The assembly presented is the ASM151534v1 assembly submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_001515345.1.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_001515345.1, with additional non-coding genes derived from Rfam. For more details, please visit INSDC annotation import.

More information

General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.