Romanomermis culicivorax
BioProject PRJEB1358 | Data Source University of Cologne | Taxonomy ID 13658
About Romanomermis culicivorax
The nematode Romanomermis culicivorax is an entomopathogenic parasite that invades larvae of various mosquito species killing these when emerging at the J4 stage. R. culicivorax is being tested as a biological pest control to fight malaria. Although only distantly related to C. elegans it has proved to be a particularly amenable study object for analyzing embryogenesis.
Genome Assembly & Annotation
Assembly
The R. culicivorax genome has been sequenced by the University of Cologne, as described by Schiffer et al (2013). The data represented here is version nRc.2.0 from nematodes.org.
Annotation
The gene predictions were made by the University of Cologne, as described by Schiffer et al (2013). The version represented here is nRc.2.0.1 from nematodes.org.
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Key Publications
- Schiffer PH, Kroiher M, Kraus C, Koutsovoulos GD, Kumar S, Camps JI, Nsah NA, Stappert D, Morris K, Heger P, Altmüller J, Frommolt P, Nürnberg P, Thomas WK, Blaxter ML, Schierenberg E. The genome of Romanomermis culicivorax: revealing fundamental changes in the core developmental genetic toolkit in Nematoda. BMC Genomics, 2013;14():923
Assembly Statistics
| Assembly | nRc.2.0, GCA_001039655.1 |
| Database Version | WBPS18 |
| Genome Size | 322,765,761 |
| Data Source | University of Cologne |
| Annotation Version | 2014-05-WormBase |
Gene counts
| Coding genes | 48,376 |
| Gene transcripts | 48,376 |
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