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Steinernema carpocapsae

BioProject PRJNA202318 | Data Source University of California, Irvine | Taxonomy ID 34508

About Steinernema carpocapsae

Steinernema carpocapsae is a parasitic nematode capable of infecting a broad range of insect species. The infective juvenile, which emerges from a depleted host cadaver to seek out a new insect to infect, is the only free-living stage. Infective juveniles tend to be found at the soil surface, and use an ambushing search strategy in which they stand on their tails and attach to a passing insect.

Genome Assembly & Annotation

Assembly

The genome assembly was produced by the University of California, Irvine using PacBio long reads, with BioNano optical mapping, as described in Serra et al. (2019). It is an update to an earlier assembly from the same institute.

Annotation

The gene predictions were made using AUGUSTUS incorporating evidence from open reading frames, RNASeq data across multiple developmental stages and conditions, and alignments from C. elegans. The gene models were updated in release 15 to incorporate UTRs.

Key Publications

Assembly Statistics

AssemblyASM75764v3, GCA_000757645.3
Database VersionWBPS18
Genome Size84,512,609
Data SourceUniversity of California, Irvine
Annotation Version2020-04-WormBase

Gene counts

Coding genes30,931
Gene transcripts36,703

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