Genomic sequence of the aflatoxigenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus nomius

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Table 2 Morphological, phenotypic and genomic comparison of A. flavus, A. nomius and A. parasiticus

Species	Morphology		Phenotype	Genomics
Species	Macro^a	Micro^b	Toxic SMs^c	Size (Mb)^d	Genes^e	GC (%)^f	Rep. DNA (%)^g
A. flavus L	55–65 mm velvety to floccose olive green sclerotia (l + v)	Radiate to columnar 400–800 μm, rf/fr 20–45 μm, gl/el u/b 3–6 μm, gl/el, sm/fr	B₁, B₂, CPA	36.89	13,485	48.22	1.17
A. nomius	40–70 mm velvety to floccose olive green sclerotia (e)	Radiate 300–1100 μm, rf/fr 25–65 μm, gl/el u/b 4.5–6.5 μm, gl/el, sm/fr	B₁, B₂, G₁, G₂	36.14	11,914	48.86	1.09
A. parasiticus	45–65 mm velvety to floccose dark green sclerotia (o)	Radiate 250–500 μm, fr/rf 20–35 μm, gl/el u/b 3.5–6 μm, gl, rf	B₁, B₂, G₁, G₂, OMST	39.82	13,543	47.72	1.40

^aColony characters on Czpaek’s medium, incubated at 25 oC for 7 days: diameter; texture; color. Sclerotia large and variable in shape (l + v), elongate (e), or occasionally formed (o)
^bConidiophore characters: conidial head; stipe (rough = rf, finely-roughened = fr); vesicle (globose = gl, elongate = el); seriation (uniseriate = u, biseriate = b, both/either = u/b); conidia (globose = gl, elongate = el, smooth = sm, finely-roughened = fr, rough = rf)
^cMajor toxic secondary metabolites: B and G aflatoxins; cyclopiazonic acid (CPA); O-methylsterigmatocystin (OMST)
^dApproximate sizes of sequenced genomes
^eEstimated gene counts based on annotation
^fGC content for each genome
^gPercentage of repetitive DNA

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