Enterobius vermicularis
BioProject PRJEB503 | Data Source Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Taxonomy ID 51028
About Enterobius vermicularis
The nematode Enterobius vermicularis, or human pinworm, is an intestinal parasite of humans that causes enterobiasis. It has a worldwide distribution and is the most common helminth infection in the many developed countries. Infection is transferred host to host through contamination, and children have higher prevalence rate, possibly due to finger sucking and nail biting.
Genome Assembly & Annotation
Assembly
The draft genome assembly was produced by the Parasite Genomic group at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in collaboration with Pilar Foronda RodrÃguez (La Laguna University), using Illumina paired-end sequencing followed by an in-house genome assembly pipeline comprising various steps, including contig assembly, scaffolding, gap-filling and error-correction (Helminth Genomes Consortium, unpublished).
Annotation
The gene predictions were made by the Parasite Genomics group at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and WormBase, as part of the 50 Helminth Genomes Initiative (Helminth Genomes Consortium, unpublished). An in-house pipeline was developed that used MAKER to generate high-quality annotations by integrating evidence from multiple sources: ab initio gene predictions from AUGUSTUS, GeneMark-ES, and SNAP; projected annotation from C. elegans (using GenBlastG) and the taxonomically nearest reference helminth genome (using RATT); and ESTs, mRNAs and proteins from related organisms aligned to the genome using BLAST, with refinement of alignments using Exonerate.
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Assembly Statistics
Assembly | E_vermicularis_Canary_Islands_v1_0_4, GCA_000951215.1 |
Strain | Spain/Canary Islands |
Database Version | WBPS10 |
Genome Size | 150,050,672 |
Data Source | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
Annotation Version | 2014-06-50HGPpatch |
Gene counts
Coding genes | 12,895 |
Gene transcripts | 12,895 |
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