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Trichinella patagoniensis

BioProject PRJNA257433 | Data Source University of Melbourne | Taxonomy ID 990121

About Trichinella patagoniensis

One of the Trichinella genus of parasitic nematodes, the causative agents of trichinosis (also known as trichinellosis). Trichinella patagoniensis is a species which encapsulates in host muscle tissue. It is found to infect carnivorous mammals, such as cougars, in South America.

Genome Assembly & Annotation

Assembly

The genome of T. patagoniensis was produced by the Gasser laboratory at the University of Melbourne, as part of the assembly and analysis of all 12 recognized Trichinella species (described in Korhonen et al (2016)).

Annotation

The gene predictions were made by the Gasser laboratory at the University of Melbourne.

Key Publications

Assembly Statistics

AssemblyT12_ISS2496_r1.0, GCA_001447655.1
StrainISS2496
Database VersionWBPS18
Genome Size49,773,209
Data SourceUniversity of Melbourne
Annotation Version2016-05-WormBase

Gene counts

Coding genes15,319
Gene transcripts19,538

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