Wellcome Open Research (Sep 2021)

The complete genome sequence of Eimeria tenella (Tyzzer 1929), a common gut parasite of chickens [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

  • 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
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17100.1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6

Abstract

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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.