Authentication of Aspergillus parasiticus strains in the genome database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information

Table 1 Aspergillus strains and genome sequences used in this study

A. parasiticus^a	Size (Mb)	WGS	norB-cypA region^d	AF/CPA clusters^e
68–5	30.14	LOAP01	Intact	Y/N
CBS117618	38.39	SWCZ01	Intact	Y/N
E1348	39.35	SJFE01	Intact	Y/N
E1365	37.77	SJFF01	II	Y/Y
E1337	39.15	SJFC01	Intact	Y/N
E1443	41.45	SJFK01	Intact	Y/N
E1319	38.94	SJFB01	Intact	Y/N
NRRL2999	37.05	CP051027.1–CP051034.1^c	II	Y/Y
SU-1 (JCVI)	39.47	JZEE01	Intact	Y/N
SU-1 (MSU)	40.06	JMUG01	Intact	Y/N
A. flavus^b
AF12	38.03	NLCN01	I	Y/Y
AF70	38.05	NLCM01	I	Y/Y
AZS04M2A	38.27	NLCL01	I	Y/Y
CA14	37.70	QQZZ01	II	Y/Y
CS0504	36.98	NLCK01	II	Y/Y
CS0540	36.94	NLCJ01	II	Y/Y
CS1137	37.42	NLCI01	II	Y/Y
NRRL3357	36.89	AAIH02	II	Y/Y
NRRL3357	37.75	CP044616.1–CP044623.1^c	II	Y/Y
WRRL1519	38.04	NPKL01	II	Y/Y

^a Designation “E” indicates its Ethiopian origin. SU-1 was independently sequenced by John Linz’s group at Michigan State University (MSU) and a collaborative group of researchers from USDA-ARS and J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
^bAF12, AF70, and AZS04M2A are S-morphotype A. flavus isolates that produce small sclerotia. Other isolates are L-morphotype A. flavus
^cDesignations represent eight (I to VIII) chromosomes
^dI and II indicate type I and type II deletions, which are independent events, in the norB-cypA region of the aflatoxin gene cluster [10, 11]. Type I deletion is found in aflatoxigenic S-morphotype A. flavus while type II deletion is found in aflatoxigenic L-morphotype A. flavus. S- and L-morphotype strains produce large and small sclerotia, respectively
^eAF aflatoxin, CPA cyclopiazonic acid. Presence of complete respective gene clusters: Y yes and N no

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