Genome sequence of an aflatoxigenic pathogen of Argentinian peanut, Aspergillus arachidicola

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

Species^a	Morphology		Phenotype	Genomics
	Macro^b	Micro^c	Toxic SMs^d	Size (Mb)^e	Genes^f	GC (%)^g	Rep.DNA (%)^h
A. flavus L (NRRL 3357)	55–65 mm; velvety to floccose; olive green	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	1.25
A. flavus L (NRRL 3357)	sclerotia (l + v)		B₁, B₂, CPA	36.89	13,485	48.22	1.25
A. flavus S (AF70)	55–65 mm; velvety to floccose; olive green	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	37.05	13,200	48.30	1.20
A. flavus S (AF70)	sclerotia (s + n)		B₁, B₂, CPA	37.05	13,200	48.30	1.20
A. arachidicola (CBS 117610)	60–65 mm; velvety to floccose; olive to olive brown	Radiate; 250–1000 μm fr; 23–50 μm gl/sg; u/b; 3.5–6.5 μm gl/sg, fr	B₁, B₂, G₁, G₂	38.92	12,091	47.87	1.65
A. arachidicola (CBS 117610)	sclerotia (a)		B₁, B₂, G₁, G₂	38.92	12,091	47.87	1.65
A. parasiticus (SU-1)	45–65 mm; velvety to floccose; dark green	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	1.43
A. parasiticus (SU-1)	sclerotia (o)		B₁, B₂, G₁, G₂, OMST	39.82	13,543	47.72	1.43

Percentage of repetitive DNA
^aA. flavus and A. parasiticus information from Moore et al., 2015; A. arachidicola morphology and phenotype information from Pildain et al., 2008
^bColony characters on Czpaek’s medium, incubated at 25 °C for 7 days: diameter; texture; color. Sclerotia large and variable in shape (l + v), small and numerous (s + n), elongate (e), occasionally formed (o), or absent/not observed (a)
^cConidiophore characters: conidial head; stipe (rough = rf, finely-roughened = fr); vesicle (globose = gl, subglobose = sg, elongate = el); seriation (uniseriate = u, biseriate = b, both/either = u/b); conidia (globose = gl, subglobose = sg, elongate = el, smooth = sm, finely-roughened = fr, rough = rf)
^dMajor toxic secondary metabolites: B and G aflatoxins; cyclopiazonic acid (CPA); O-methylsterigmatocystin (OMST)
^eApproximate sizes of sequenced genomes
^fEstimated gene counts based on annotation
^gGC content for each genome
^hPercentage of repetitive DNA

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