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Group:

Eudicot

Estimated genome size:

0.3 meters in height.

Size:

0.3 meters in height.

Distribution:

Found in grassland habitats across Southern Africa.

PromethION Sequencing Report:

Output:

122.04 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

9.24 kilobases

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Genome Length:

2.75 Gigabases

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

99.6% [S: 60.8%, D: 38.8%]

Importance:

Some populations of this species in the Barberton region of South Africa have evolved the ability to hyperaccumulate nickel, making this species ideal for a comparative genomics approach to understand the evolution of this extreme phenotype.

Sample Contributor contact details:

Prof. Robert Ingle
University of Cape Town

Group:

Fungi

Genome size:

35 million DNA base pairs (0.035 Gigabases)

Size:

Flamentous fungus

Distribution:

South Africa

PromethION Sequencing Report:

Output:

2.31 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

2.44 kilobases

Assembly N50:

TBA

Contig number:

TBA

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Assembler used:

TBA

Genome Length:

0.036 Gigabases (36.1 million bases)

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

98.8% [S: 97.6%, D: 1.2%]

BUSCO database:

TBA

Penicillium limpopoense

Fungi

Species Card Details

Importance:

The species was recently described from a litchi collected in South Africa.

Sample Contributor contact details:

Cobus Visagie
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
University of Pretoria

Date Published:

2025-03-12

Awaiting DOI

Photo credit:

© C. Visagie

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