Necator americanus
BioProject PRJNA1007425 | Data Source Cornell University | Taxonomy ID 51031
About Necator americanus
The nematode Necator americanus, or human hookworm, lives in the intestines and is particularly harmful to children, causing chronic anemia, stunting growth and impairing intellectual development. N. americanus is the most prevalent species of human parasite and therefore important from a public health standpoint.
There is 1 alternative genome project for Necator americanus available in WormBase ParaSite: PRJNA72135
Genome Assembly & Annotation
Assembly
The wild-type reference strain Aroian of the major human hookworm Necator americanus was sequenced using long-read sequencing technology (Oxford Nanopore Technologies), short-read sequencing technology (Illumina sequencing) and Illumina for Hi-C chromosomal scaffolding (Dovetail/Cantata Omni-C). These reads have been assembled into a chromosomally scaffolded genome. This genome was provided by Erich Schwarz, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.
Annotation
The annotation was provided by Erich Schwarz, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University. An in-house BRAKER pipeline assisted by RNA-Seq and proteomics data was used to predict the gene models.
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Assembly Statistics
| Assembly | Nec_am_Ar_1.0, GCA_031761385.1 |
| Strain | Aroian |
| Database Version | WBPS19 |
| Genome Size | 234,457,255 |
| Data Source | Cornell University |
| Annotation Version | 2023-09-WormBase |
Gene counts
| Coding genes | 26,617 |
| Gene transcripts | 42,116 |
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