Draft Genome Sequence of the Birch Tree Fungal Pathogen Taphrina betulina UCD315.

Padraic HeneghanAdam P RyanDarragh NimmoClaudine DugganPaurush KumarPeadar O'GaoraEoin Ó 'CinnéideKevin P ByrneKenneth H WolfeCaoimhe E O'BrienGeraldine Butler

Published in: Microbiology resource announcements (2019)

Taphrina betulina is the ascomycete yeast that causes the formation of witches' brooms in birch trees. Here, we report the first draft genome sequence of T. betulina, from strain UCD315, isolated from soil in Ireland. The genome is haploid and 12.5 Mb long.

Keyphrases

cell wall
candida albicans
genome wide
saccharomyces cerevisiae
embryonic stem cells
gene expression
plant growth