Single-Phase PacBio De Novo Assembly of the Genome of the Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a Pathogen of Amphibia

Nicholas Sumpter; Margi Butler; Russell Poulter

doi:10.1128/MRA.01348-18

Single-Phase PacBio De Novo Assembly of the Genome of the Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a Pathogen of Amphibia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Nov 29;7(21):e01348-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01348-18. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Nicholas Sumpter¹, Margi Butler¹, Russell Poulter¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Abstract

Here, we present an updated genome assembly of the diploid chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis strain RTP6. This strain is part of the global panzootic lineage (BdGPL) and was isolated in Dunedin, New Zealand. The assembly was generated using PacBio long-read and Illumina short-read data, allowing for the accurate phasing of heterozygosities.