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ArticleBMC genomics2020

A chromosome-scale assembly of the smallest Dothideomycete genome reveals a unique genome compaction mechanism in filamentous fungi.

Bo Wang, Xiaofei Liang, Mark L Gleason, Tom Hsiang, Rong Zhang, Guangyu Sun

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Article in BMC genomics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Bo WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi Province, China.
Xiaofei LiangState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi Province, China. xiaofeiliang@nwsuaf.edu.cn.
Mark L GleasonDepartment of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Tom HsiangSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
Rong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi Province, China.
Guangyu SunState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi Province, China. sgy@nwsuaf.edu.cn.

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Agriculture Research System of China CARS-27National Natural Science Foundation of China 31371887the 111 Project from Education Ministry of China B07049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe wide variation in the size of fungal genomes is well known, but the reasons for this size variation are less certain. Here, we present a chromosome-scale assembly of ectophytic Peltaster fructicola, a surface-dwelling extremophile, based on long-read DNA sequencing technology, to assess possible mechanisms associated with genome compaction.

resultsAt 18.99 million bases (Mb), P. fructicola possesses one of the smallest known genomes sequence among filamentous fungi. The genome is highly compact relative to other fungi, with substantial reductions in repeat content, ribosomal DNA copies, tRNA gene quantity, and intron sizes, as well as intergenic lengths and the size of gene families. Transposons take up just 0.05% of the entire genome, and no full-length transposon was found. We concluded that reduced genome sizes in filamentous fungi such as P. fructicola, Taphrina deformans and Pneumocystis jirovecii occurred through reduction in ribosomal DNA copy number and reduced intron sizes. These dual mechanisms contrast with genome reduction in the yeast fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whose small and compact genome is associated solely with intron loss.

conclusionsOur results reveal a unique genomic compaction architecture of filamentous fungi inhabiting plant surfaces, and broaden the understanding of the mechanisms associated with compaction of fungal genomes.

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AscomycotaChromosomes, FungalFungiGenome, FungalGenomicsPhylogenyPlant DiseasesSequence Analysis, DNASpecies SpecificityCompact genomeEctophyticExtreme environment fungiGenome architectureOxford Nanopore sequencingRetroelement

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PMID32326892
PMCPMC7181583

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