Draft Genome Sequence of Fusarium fujikuroi, a Fungus Adapted to the Fuel Environment

Osman Radwan; Thusitha S Gunasekera; Oscar N Ruiz

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01499-17

Draft Genome Sequence of Fusarium fujikuroi, a Fungus Adapted to the Fuel Environment

Genome Announc. 2018 Jan 18;6(3):e01499-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01499-17.

Authors

Osman Radwan¹, Thusitha S Gunasekera¹, Oscar N Ruiz²

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Microbiology Group, University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
² Fuels and Energy Branch, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA oscar.ruiz@us.af.mil.

Abstract

Fusarium fujikuroi isolate FUS01 is highly adapted to grow in jet fuel with predicted genes involved in hydrocarbon catabolism and carbon assimilation. The draft genome size is estimated at 49 Mb containing 18,578 proteins with high similarity to that of F. fujikuroi isolate B14.