Acanthocheilonema viteae

BioProject PRJEB1697 | Data Source University of Edinburgh | Taxonomy ID 6277

About Acanthocheilonema viteae

The nematode Acanthocheilonema viteae is a filarial parasite of rodents. It is widely used as a model for human filariases. Importantly, A. viteae lacks the Wolbachia bacterial endosymbiont found in most human-infective filarial nematodes. Thus this species has become central in efforts to understand the role of the Wolbachia in the nematode-bacterial symbiosis, and in particular its possible role in immune evasion.

Genome Assembly & Annotation

Assembly

The A. viteae genome has been sequenced by the Blaxter laboratory at University of Edinburgh. The assembly version represented here is nAv1.0, obtained from nematodes.org.

Annotation

The A. viteae genome has been sequenced by the Blaxter laboratory at University of Edinburgh. The assembly version represented here is nAv1.0, obtained from nematodes.org.