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

Padraic Heneghan; Adam P Ryan; Darragh Nimmo; Claudine Duggan; Paurush Kumar; Peadar O'Gaora; Eoin Ó 'Cinnéide; Kevin P Byrne; Kenneth H Wolfe; Caoimhe E O'Brien; Geraldine Butler

doi:10.1128/MRA.01255-19

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

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 27;8(48):e01255-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01255-19.

Affiliations

¹ School of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
² School of Medicine, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ School of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland [email protected].

Abstract

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.