Complete genome assembly of Candida auris representative strains of three geographical clades

Nirmal Singh Mahar; Surbhi Kohli; Biswambhar Biswas; Immaculata Xess; Anil Thakur; Ishaan Gupta

doi:10.1128/mra.00882-23

Complete genome assembly of Candida auris representative strains of three geographical clades

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Oct 10;13(10):e0088223. doi: 10.1128/mra.00882-23. Epub 2024 Sep 4.

Authors

Nirmal Singh Mahar¹, Surbhi Kohli¹, Biswambhar Biswas², Immaculata Xess³, Anil Thakur², Ishaan Gupta¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
² Regional Center for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
³ All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

The complete genome assembly of Candida auris strains B11103, B11221, and B11244 is reported in this manuscript. These strains represent the three geographical clades, namely, South Asian (Clade I), South African (Clade III), and South American (Clade IV).

Keywords: Candida auris; genome assembly; genomes; hybrid assembly; long read sequencing; mycology; nanopore; phylogenetic analysis.