Taxonomic Resolution of the Nematophagous Fungal Isolate ARF18 via Genome Sequencing

Sandeep Sharma; Alex Z Zaccaron; John B Ridenour; Amy Bradshaw; Terry L Kirkpatrick; Kelly Cartwright; Burton H Bluhm

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00903-17

Taxonomic Resolution of the Nematophagous Fungal Isolate ARF18 via Genome Sequencing

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 24;5(34):e00903-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00903-17.

Authors

Sandeep Sharma¹, Alex Z Zaccaron¹, John B Ridenour¹, Amy Bradshaw², Terry L Kirkpatrick¹, Kelly Cartwright^{1

3}, Burton H Bluhm⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
² Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas, USA.
³ Agricultural Research Initiatives, Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
⁴ Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA bbluhm@uark.edu.

Abstract

The taxonomically uncharacterized nematophagous fungus ARF18, which parasitizes cysts, juveniles, and adults of the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines), was proposed as a nematode biological control agent in 1991. A 46.3-Mb draft genome sequence of this fungus is presented, and a tentative taxonomic identification as a novel species of Brachyphoris is proposed.