Draft Genome Sequence of the Ant-Associated Fungus Phialophora attae (CBS 131958)

Leandro F Moreno; J Benjamin Stielow; Michel de Vries; Vinicius A Weiss; Vania A Vicente; Sybren de Hoog

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01099-15

Draft Genome Sequence of the Ant-Associated Fungus Phialophora attae (CBS 131958)

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 19;3(6):e01099-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01099-15.

Authors

Leandro F Moreno¹, J Benjamin Stielow², Michel de Vries², Vinicius A Weiss³, Vania A Vicente⁴, Sybren de Hoog⁵

Affiliations

¹ CBS, KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
² CBS, KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Federal University of Paraná, Professional and Technological Education Sector, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
⁵ CBS, KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil hoog@cbs.knaw.nl.

Abstract

The black yeast Phialophora attae was isolated from the cuticle of tropical ant gynes. The ant-fungus association is sustained due to symbiotic evolutionary adaptations that allow fungal assimilation and tolerance of toxic compounds produced by the ant. The genome sequence of the first ant-associated fungus, P. attae, is presented here.