The complete genome sequence of Eimeria tenella (Tyzzer 1929), a common gut parasite of chickens

Eerik Aunin; Ulrike Böhme; Damer Blake; Alexander Dove; Michelle Smith; Craig Corton; Karen Oliver; Emma Betteridge; Michael A Quail; Shane A McCarthy; Jonathan Wood; Alan Tracey; James Torrance; Ying Sims; Kerstin Howe; Richard Challis; Matthew Berriman; Adam Reid

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17100.1

The complete genome sequence of Eimeria tenella (Tyzzer 1929), a common gut parasite of chickens

Wellcome Open Res. 2021 Sep 9:6:225. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17100.1. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Eerik Aunin¹, Ulrike Böhme¹, Damer Blake², Alexander Dove¹, Michelle Smith¹, Craig Corton¹, Karen Oliver¹, Emma Betteridge¹, Michael A Quail¹, Shane A McCarthy¹, Jonathan Wood¹, Alan Tracey¹, James Torrance¹, Ying Sims¹, Kerstin Howe¹, Richard Challis¹, Matthew Berriman¹, Adam Reid¹

Affiliations

¹ Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
² Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a clonal population of Eimeria tenella Houghton parasites (Apicomplexa; Conoidasida; Eucoccidiorida; Eimeriidae). The genome sequence is 53.25 megabases in span. The entire assembly is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with complete mitochondrion and apicoplast organellar genomes also present.

Keywords: Apicomplexa; Eimeria tenella; chromosomal; genome sequence; parasite; protist.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (206194) and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award (218328). SAM is supported by Wellcome (207492).