Whole-genome assembly of <i>Aspergillus toxicus</i> and <i>Aspergillus texensis</i>
Aflatoxin-producing molds belonging to the genus <i>Aspergillus</i> can be important sources of crop contamination. We present whole-genome sequences for aflatoxin-producing <i>Aspergillus texensis</i> and <i>Aspergillus toxicus</i> assembled from Illumina short reads. This is the first report of <i>A. toxicus</i> genome and the second <i>A. texensis</i> genome, providing resources of agricultural relevance.
Authors
- Kenneth A. Callicott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-5645)
- Andrew W. Legan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-9837)
- Allison Q. Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5366-0673)
Institutions
- University of Arizona (US)
- U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Resource Announcements
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01033-24
- Primary Topic
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka