Draft Genome Sequence of the Patulin-Producing Fungus Paecilomyces niveus Strain CO7

Megan N Biango-Daniels; Tristan W Wang; Kathie T Hodge

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00556-18

Draft Genome Sequence of the Patulin-Producing Fungus Paecilomyces niveus Strain CO7

Genome Announc. 2018 Jun 21;6(25):e00556-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00556-18.

Authors

Megan N Biango-Daniels¹, Tristan W Wang², Kathie T Hodge²

Affiliations

¹ Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA mnd24@cornell.edu.
² Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Abstract

Paecilomyces niveus is an extremotolerant fungus with surprising powers to survive high temperatures and infect apples and aphids. These abilities make it a formidable enemy in food and agricultural environments. In addition, it produces patulin, the most significant mycotoxin in apples.