Genome Sequence of the Fungus Nannizziopsis barbatae, an Emerging Reptile Pathogen

Daniel Powell; Ashley Jones; Nicola Jackson; Parwinder Kaur; Ido Bar; Benjamin Schwessinger; Céline H Frère

doi:10.1128/MRA.01213-20

Genome Sequence of the Fungus Nannizziopsis barbatae, an Emerging Reptile Pathogen

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 7;10(1):e01213-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01213-20.

Authors

Daniel Powell¹, Ashley Jones², Nicola Jackson³, Parwinder Kaur⁴, Ido Bar⁵, Benjamin Schwessinger², Céline H Frère³

Affiliations

¹ Global Change Ecology Research Group, School of Science, Technology, and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia [email protected].
² Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
³ Global Change Ecology Research Group, School of Science, Technology, and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia.
⁴ School of Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁵ Environmental Futures Research Institute, School of Environment and Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.

Abstract

Nannizziopsis barbatae is an emerging fungal pathogen capable of causing contagious dermatomycosis in reptiles. Here, we report a 31.54-Mb draft genome sequence of an isolate originating from an infected eastern water dragon in Brisbane, Australia.