Aspergillus aculeatus ATCC 16872 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Aspergillus aculeatus ATCC 16872 (GCA_001890905)

Aspergillus aculeatus is a fungus species in the genus Aspergillus. It has been implicated as the causative agent in plant disease. A. aculeatus belongs to the group of black Aspergilli which are important industrial workhorses. A. aculeatus belongs to the Nigri section.

Aspergillus aculeatus is considered to be a ubiquitous species that could be usually isolated from rotting fruits and soil. Morphological characteristics such a color, size, shape and ornamentation of conidia are crucial for the classification of strains of black-spored Aspergillus species. Modern biochemical and molecular identification techniques are helpful in the identification of Aspergillus isolates, as black-spored Aspergillus species may have significant variations in their morphological and physiological characteristics.

Aspergillus could rapidly degrade cell walls of plants they infect, and isolates of A. aculeatus have been used to produce a number of important industrial enzymes, including cellulases, hemicellulases and proteases. These by-products are broadly used in the food and feed industries.

Due to its industrial value, the biochemical and catalytic properties of several hydrolases from A. aculeatus have been extensively studied. Also, structural studies using X-ray crystallography have been carried on several polysaccharide degrading enzymes from Aspergillus aculeatus. (Luis M. Chong L.)

The genome of A. aculeatus was sequenced and published in 2010. The genome assembly size was 36.01 Mbp.

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Assembly

The assembly presented is the Aspac1 assembly submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_001890905.1.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_001890905.1, 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.