Draft Genome Sequence of Sorghum Grain Mold Fungus Epicoccum sorghinum, a Producer of Tenuazonic Acid

Rodrigo C Oliveira; Karen W Davenport; Blake Hovde; Danielle Silva; Patrick S G Chain; Benedito Correa; Debora F Rodrigues

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01495-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Sorghum Grain Mold Fungus Epicoccum sorghinum, a Producer of Tenuazonic Acid

Genome Announc. 2017 Jan 26;5(4):e01495-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01495-16.

Authors

Rodrigo C Oliveira¹, Karen W Davenport², Blake Hovde², Danielle Silva¹, Patrick S G Chain², Benedito Correa¹, Debora F Rodrigues³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Biosciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
³ Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA dfrigirodrigues@uh.edu.

Abstract

The facultative plant pathogen Epicoccum sorghinum is associated with grain mold of sorghum and produces the mycotoxin tenuazonic acid. This fungus can have serious economic impact on sorghum production. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of E. sorghinum (USPMTOX48).