Aspergillus clavatus NRRL 1 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Aspergillus clavatus NRRL 1

Aspergillus clavatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus with conidia dimensions 3–4.5 x 2.5–4.5 μm. It is found in soil and animal manure. The fungus was first described scientifically in 1834 by the French mycologist John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières.

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The J. Craig Venter Institute sequenced the Aspergillus clavatus strain NRRL 1 genome at 11.4X coverage using whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequencing. Version 3 of the genome assembly consists of 231 contigs in 143 scaffolds. The genome assembly has undergone automated annotation.

References

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General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.