Draft genome of Microsporidia sp. MB—a malaria-blocking microsporidian symbiont of the Anopheles arabiensis

Lilian, Mbaisi Ang'ang'o; Jacqueline, Wahura Waweru; Edward, Edmond Makhulu; Anne, Wairimu; Fidel, Gabriel Otieno; Thomas, Onchuru; Özlem, Tastan Bishop; Jeremy, Keith Herren

Draft genome of Microsporidia sp. MB—a malaria-blocking microsporidian symbiont of the Anopheles arabiensis

Lilian, Mbaisi Ang'ang'o; Jacqueline, Wahura Waweru; Edward, Edmond Makhulu; Anne, Wairimu; Fidel, Gabriel Otieno; Thomas, Onchuru; Özlem, Tastan Bishop; Jeremy, Keith Herren

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12562/1988

Date: 2024

Abstract:

We report the draft whole-genome assembly of Microsporidia sp. MB, a symbiotic malaria-transmission-blocking microsporidian isolated from Anopheles arabiensis in Kenya. The whole-genome sequence of Microsporidia sp. MB has a length of 5,908,979 bp, 2,335 contigs, and an average GC content of 31.12%.