Draft genomes of two contemporary strains of Babesia divergens

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Jan 16;14(1):e0089824. doi: 10.1128/mra.00898-24. Epub 2024 Dec 13.

Abstract

Babesia divergens, a major cause of bovine babesiosis with zoonotic potential, was analyzed through genomes Bdiv23B and Bdiv24B following Illumina sequencing of DNA extracted from PCR-positive cattle blood. The genomes comprised 3888 and 4032 predicted coding sequences, respectively, comparable to the reference genome, Rouen 1987, highlighting genomic consistency across isolates.

Keywords: Babesia divergens; Great Britain; direct DNA sequencing; genomes.