Draft genome sequence of Aspergillus persii NIBRFGC000004109, which has antibacterial activity against plant-pathogenic bacteria.

Authors: Kim, Jung A and Jeon, Jongbum and Park, Sook-Young and Kim, Ki-Tae and Choi, Gobong and Nguyen, Hoa Thi and Jeon, Sun Jeong and Lee, Hyang Burm and Bae, Chang-Hwan and Yang, Hee-Sun and Yeo, Joo-Hong and Kim, Jin-Cheol and Lee, Yong-Hwan and Kim, Soonok

The fungus Aspergillus persii strain NIBRFGC000004109 is capable of producing penicillic acid and showed antibacterial activity against various plant-pathogenic bacteria, including Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni. Here, we report the first draft whole-genome sequence of A. persii The assembly comprises 38,414,373 bp, with 12 scaffolds. Copyright © 2017 Kim et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00932-17
Year: 2017

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