Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of Penicillium simplicissimum A4, a Putative Endophyte from Echium plantagineum

Stacey Fisher; Dewald De Villers; Morne Du Plessis; Kacey Hattingh; Crishe Saulse; Gerhard Basson; Adelé Barker; Augustine Innalegwu Daniel; Ali Al-Hashimi; Arina Hitzeroth; Thulani Makhalanyane; Vuyo Mavumengwana; Arun Gokul; Marshall Keyster; Ashwil Klein

doi:10.1128/mra.00854-22

Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of Penicillium simplicissimum A4, a Putative Endophyte from Echium plantagineum

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Nov 17;11(11):e0085422. doi: 10.1128/mra.00854-22. Epub 2022 Oct 26.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Plant Omics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
² Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
³ Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Plant Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁵ Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁷ Centre for Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁸ Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Phuthadithjaba, South Africa.

Abstract

We report the draft whole-genome sequence of the putative endophytic fungus Penicillium simplicissimum A4, isolated from the roots of Echium plantagineum plants. The genome was sequenced using PacBio technology with an estimated genome size of 39 Mb.

Grants and funding

120411/National Research Foundation (NRF)