A comparative genomics study of 23 Aspergillus species from section Flavi

Aspergillus fungi classified within the section Flavi include harmful and beneficial species. Here, Kjærbølling et al. analyse the genomes of 23 Flavi species, showing high genetic diversity and potential for synthesis of over 13,700 CAZymes and 1600 secondary metabolites.

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Main Authors: Inge Kjærbølling, Tammi Vesth, Jens C. Frisvad, Jane L. Nybo, Sebastian Theobald, Sara Kildgaard, Thomas Isbrandt Petersen, Alan Kuo, Atsushi Sato, Ellen K. Lyhne, Martin E. Kogle, Ad Wiebenga, Roland S. Kun, Ronnie J. M. Lubbers, Miia R. Mäkelä, Kerrie Barry, Mansi Chovatia, Alicia Clum, Chris Daum, Sajeet Haridas, Guifen He, Kurt LaButti, Anna Lipzen, Stephen Mondo, Jasmyn Pangilinan, Robert Riley, Asaf Salamov, Blake A. Simmons, Jon K. Magnuson, Bernard Henrissat, Uffe H. Mortensen, Thomas O. Larsen, Ronald P. de Vries, Igor V. Grigoriev, Masayuki Machida, Scott E. Baker, Mikael R. Andersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14051-y