Draft genome of Microsporidia sp. MB-a malaria-blocking microsporidian symbiont of the Anopheles arabiensis .

Lilian Mbaisi Ang'ang'oJacqueline Wahura WaweruEdward Edmond MakhuluAnne WairimuFidel Gabriel OtienoThomas OnchuruÖzlem Tastan BishopJeremy Keith Herren

Published in: Microbiology resource announcements (2024)

We report the draft whole-genome assembly of Microsporidia sp. MB , a symbiotic malaria-transmission-blocking microsporidian isolated from Anopheles arabiensis in Kenya. The whole-genome sequence of Microsporidia sp. MB has a length of 5,908,979 bp, 2,335 contigs, and an average GC content of 31.12%.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
aedes aegypti
mass spectrometry
zika virus
high resolution
liquid chromatography
solid phase extraction