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Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

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Nierman, William C., Pain, Arnab, Anderson, Michael J., Wortman, Jennifer R., Kim, H. Stanley, Arroyo, Javier, Berriman, Matthew, Abe, Keietsu +90 more·2005·Nature

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Aspergillus fumigatus is exceptional among microorganisms in being both a primary and opportunistic pathogen as well as a major allergen. Its conidia production is prolific, and so human respiratory tract exposure is almost constant. A. fumigatus is isolated from human habitats and vegetable compost heaps. In immunocompromised individuals, the incidence of invasive infection can be as high as 50% and the mortality rate is often about 50% (ref. 2). The interaction of A. fumigatus and other airborne fungi with the immune system is increasingly linked to severe asthma and sinusitis. Although the burden of invasive disease caused by A. fumigatus is substantial, the basic biology of the organism is mostly obscure. Here we show the complete 29.4-megabase genome sequence of the clinical isolate Af293, which consists of eight chromosomes containing 9,926 predicted genes. Microarray analysis revealed temperature-dependent expression of distinct sets of genes, as well as 700 A. fumigatus genes not present or significantly diverged in the closely related sexual species Neosartorya fischeri, many of which may have roles in the pathogenicity phenotype. The Af293 genome sequence provides an unparalleled resource for the future understanding of this remarkable fungus.

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Nierman, W. C., Pain, A., Anderson, M. J., Wortman, J. R., Kim, H. S., Arroyo, J., Berriman, M., Abe, K., Archer, D. B., Bermejo, C., Bennett, J., Bowyer, P., Chen, D., Collins, M., Coulsen, R., Davies, R., Dyer, P. S., Farman, M., Fedorova, N., Fedorova, N., Feldblyum, T. V., Fischer, R., Fosker, N., Fraser, A., García, J. L., García, M. J., Goble, A., Goldman, G. H., Gomi, K., Griffith-Jones, S., Gwilliam, R., Haas, B., Haas, H., Harris, D., Horiuchi, H., Huang, J., Humphray, S., Jiménez, J., Keller, N., Khouri, H., Kitamoto, K., Kobayashi, T., Konzack, S., Kulkarni, R., Kumagai, T., Lafton, A., Latgé, J.-P., Li, W., Lord, A., Lu, C., Majoros, W. H., May, G. S., Miller, B. L., Mohamoud, Y., Molina, M., Monod, M., Mouyna, I., Mulligan, S., Murphy, L., O'Neil, S., Paulsen, I., Peñalva, M. A., Pertea, M., Price, C., Pritchard, B. L., Quail, M. A., Rabbinowitsch, E., Rawlins, N., Rajandream, M.-A., Reichard, U., Renauld, H., Robson, G. D., de Córdoba, S. R., Rodríguez-Peña, J. M., Ronning, C. M., Rutter, S., Salzberg, S. L., Sanchez, M., Sánchez-Ferrero, J. C., Saunders, D., Seeger, K., Squares, R., Squares, S., Takeuchi, M., Tekaia, F., Turner, G., de Aldana, C. R. V., Weidman, J., White, O., Woodward, J., Yu, J.-H., Fraser, C., Galagan, J. E., Asai, K., Machida, M., Hall, N., Barrell, B., & Denning, D. W.
Affiliations
  • George Washington University (US)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
  • Tohoku University (JP)
  • University of Nottingham (GB)
  • Tulane University (US)
  • European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
  • University of Kentucky (US)
  • Universidad de Salamanca (ES)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
  • Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • The University of Tokyo (JP)
  • Nagoya University (JP)
  • Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology (DE)
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP)
  • Institut Pasteur (FR)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
  • University of Idaho (US)
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
  • Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (ES)
  • University of Göttingen (DE)
  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (JP)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
  • Broad Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Nierman, William C.
Venue
Nature
Published
2005-12-22
Volume
438
Issue
7071
Pages
1151-1156
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2108313755
Cited by
1,391
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36.02
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Language
en
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Funders
  • University of Kentucky
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (CFB17726)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Keywords
Aspergillus fumigatus, genome sequence, fungal pathogens, fungal allergens, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus oryzae, gene family expansion, temperature-dependent gene expression, Neosartorya fischeri, fungal pathogenicity, invasive aspergillosis
MeSH terms
Allergens, Aspergillus fumigatus, Genes, Fungal, Hypersensitivity, Molecular Sequence Data, Temperature, Virulence, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Genome, Fungal, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Genomics

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