Fasciola hepatica
BioProject PRJNA179522 | Data Source McDonnell Genome Institute | Taxonomy ID 6192
About Fasciola hepatica
The trematode Fasciola hepatica, or sheep liver fluke or common liver fluke, is a parasite that infects humans, cows and sheep. It causes a disease called fascioliasis, infection arises from ingestion of metacercariae on water plants such as watercress. In the UK, Fasciola is generally common in farmed livestock which graze upon wetland pastures where the parasites intermediate snail host thrives.
There is 1 alternative genome project for Fasciola hepatica available in WormBase ParaSite: PRJEB25283
Genome Assembly & Annotation
Assembly
The genome assembly was produced by the Mitreva laboratory at the Genome Institute of Washington University, and submitted in late 2013 as part of the 50 Helminth Genomes Initiative (Helminth Genomes Consortium, unpublished).
Annotation
The gene predictions were made by the Mitreva laboratory at the Genome Institute of Washington University, and submitted in late 2013 as part of the 50 Helminth Genomes project (Helminth Genomes Consortium, unpublished).
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Key Publications
- McNulty SN, Tort JF, Rinaldi G, Fischer K, Rosa BA, Smircich P, Fontenla S, Choi YJ, Tyagi R, Hallsworth-Pepin K, Mann VH, Kammili L, Latham PS, Dell'Oca N, Dominguez F, Carmona C, Fischer PU, Brindley PJ, Mitreva M. Genomes of Fasciola hepatica from the Americas Reveal Colonization with Neorickettsia Endobacteria Related to the Agents of Potomac Horse and Human Sennetsu Fevers. PLoS Genet, 2017;13(1):e1006537
Assembly Statistics
| Assembly | F_hepatica_1.0.allpaths.pg |
| Database Version | WBPS11 |
| Genome Size | 1,139,208,645 |
| Data Source | McDonnell Genome Institute |
| Annotation Version | 2014-05-WormBase |
Gene counts
| Coding genes | 15,739 |
| Gene transcripts | 15,739 |
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