Toxic molds in the Aspergillus genus synthesize carcinogenic aflatoxins which contaminate crops. The widely applied biocontrol isolate Aspergillus flavus AF36 (NRRL 18543) has a high-quality public genome but lacks corresponding gene annotations. We generated high-quality gene predictions for this isolate by using long-read Nanopore PCR-cDNA sequencing.
Keywords: Aspergillus; Nanopore; aflatoxin; annotation; transcription.