DOI: 10.1128/mra.00903-23 ISSN: 2576-098X

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
  • Genetics
  • Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
  • Molecular Biology
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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%.

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