Draft genome of the fungus-growing termite pathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps bispora (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota)
Benjamin H. Conlon,
Jannette Mitchell,
Z. Wilhelm de Beer,
Christian Carøe,
M. Thomas P. Gilbert,
Jørgen Eilenberg,
Michael Poulsen,
Henrik H. de Fine Licht
Affiliations
Benjamin H. Conlon
Centre for Social Evolution, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jannette Mitchell
ARC-PPRI Rietondale, 600 Soutpansberg Road, Rietondale, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Z. Wilhelm de Beer
dDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agriculture Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng 0001, South Africa
Christian Carøe
eCentre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
eCentre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
Jørgen Eilenberg
fSection for Organismal Biology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Michael Poulsen
Centre for Social Evolution, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Henrik H. de Fine Licht
fSection for Organismal Biology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
This article documents the public availability of genome sequence data and assembled contigs representing the partial draft genome of Ophiocordyceps bispora. As one of the few known pathogens of fungus-farming termites, a draft genome of O. bispora represents the opportunity to further the understanding of disease and resistance in these complex termite societies. With the ongoing attempts to resolve the taxonomy of the Hypocralaean family, more genetic data will also help to shed light on the phylogenetic relationship between sexual and asexual life stages. Next generation sequence data is available from the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under accession PRJEB13655; run numbers: ERR1368522, ERR1368523, and ERR1368524. Genome assembly available from ENA under accession numbers: FKNF01000001–FKNF01000302. Gene prediction available as protein fasta, nucleotide fasta and GFF file from Mendeley Data with accession doi:10.17632/r99fd6g3s4.2 (http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/r99fd6g3s4.2).
