Chromosome-Level Genome Sequence of the Black Koji Fungus Aspergillus luchuensis RIB2601

Kazuki Mori; Chihiro Kadooka; Atsushi Nishitani; Kayu Okutsu; Yumiko Yoshizaki; Kazunori Takamine; Kosuke Tashiro; Masatoshi Goto; Hisanori Tamaki; Taiki Futagami

doi:10.1128/MRA.00384-21

Chromosome-Level Genome Sequence of the Black Koji Fungus Aspergillus luchuensis RIB2601

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jul 22;10(29):e0038421. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00384-21. Epub 2021 Jul 22.

Authors

Kazuki Mori¹, Chihiro Kadooka^{2

3}, Atsushi Nishitani^{3

4}, Kayu Okutsu², Yumiko Yoshizaki^{2

3}, Kazunori Takamine^{2

3}, Kosuke Tashiro⁵, Masatoshi Goto^{3

6}, Hisanori Tamaki^{2

3}, Taiki Futagami^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Cell Innovator Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, Japan.
² Education and Research Centre for Fermentation Studies, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
³ United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
⁴ Research Support Center, Institute for Research Promotion, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
⁵ Laboratory of Molecular Gene Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
⁶ Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan.

Abstract

Aspergillus luchuensis is used for the production of awamori and shochu, which are traditional Japanese distilled alcoholic beverages. Here, we determined the chromosome-level genome sequence of A. luchuensis RIB2601.

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