Draft Genome Sequence of an Aflatoxin-Producing Aspergillus flavus Strain Isolated from Food

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Feb 17;11(2):e0089421. doi: 10.1128/mra.00894-21. Epub 2022 Feb 3.

Abstract

Aspergillus flavus is the main producer of carcinogenic aflatoxins and thus is one of the most important fungal food contaminants. Here, we report that the genome of A. flavus strain MRI19 was sequenced using MiSeq and PacBio platforms and that a hybrid assembly was generated.