The complete genome sequence of Eimeria tenella (Tyzzer 1929), a common gut parasite of chickens

Eerik Aunin; Ulrike Böhme; Damer Blake; Alexander Dove; Michelle Smith; Craig Corton; Karen Oliver; Emma Betteridge; Michael A Quail; Shane A McCarthy; Jonathan Wood; Alan Tracey; James Torrance; Ying Sims; Kerstin Howe; Richard Challis; Matthew Berriman; Adam Reid

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17100.1

The complete genome sequence of Eimeria tenella (Tyzzer 1929), a common gut parasite of chickens

Wellcome Open Res. 2021 Sep 9:6:225. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17100.1. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Eerik Aunin¹, Ulrike Böhme¹, Damer Blake², Alexander Dove¹, Michelle Smith¹, Craig Corton¹, Karen Oliver¹, Emma Betteridge¹, Michael A Quail¹, Shane A McCarthy¹, Jonathan Wood¹, Alan Tracey¹, James Torrance¹, Ying Sims¹, Kerstin Howe¹, Richard Challis¹, Matthew Berriman¹, Adam Reid¹

Affiliations

¹ Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
² Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a clonal population of Eimeria tenella Houghton parasites (Apicomplexa; Conoidasida; Eucoccidiorida; Eimeriidae). The genome sequence is 53.25 megabases in span. The entire assembly is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with complete mitochondrion and apicoplast organellar genomes also present.

Keywords: Apicomplexa; Eimeria tenella; chromosomal; genome sequence; parasite; protist.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom