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Aspergillus terreus NIH2624

[ Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | . . .
. . . | Aspergillaceae | Aspergillus | Aspergillus terreus ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | Ascomycota | saccharomyceta | Pezizomycotina | leotiomyceta | Eurotiomycetes | Eurotiomycetidae | Eurotiales | Aspergillaceae | Aspergillus | Aspergillus terreus Synonym: Aspergillus terrestris Comment: Aspergillus terreus is a filamentous fungus that produces clinically relevant secondary metabolites -- statins. Statins are cholesterol-lowering drugs that have been widely used in the past decade for the prevention of heart disease. Of the five statins currently prescribed by physicians, three (pravastatin, simvastatin, and lovastatin) are derived by fermentation by Aspergillus terreus. In addition, this fungus can produce the toxins patulin and citrinin, which may cause toxicoses in humans and other animals and is associated with aspergillosis of the lungs and/or disseminated aspergillosis. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (341663) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT: Aspergillus Comparative Database Central Aspergillus Data REpository (CADRE): A. terreus Genome e! Ensembl: Aspergillus terreus National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Fungi Genomes Project The Aspergillus Website: Aspergillus terreus Genome Genome files Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Mitochondrium v 1.0.0 2005-09-30 11.05 27.5 0.0 1 - 32 - Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2005-09-30 11.05 52.9 29.2 26 - 1912 - Unplaced reads v 1.0.0 2005-09-30 11.05 47.4 22.7 44117 - 0 - Central Aspergillus Data REpository (CADRE) Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Supercontigs v 1.0.0 National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 2005-09-02 - 52.9 29.2 268 - 224 Mitochondrium v 1.0.0 2005-09-02 - 27.5 0.0 1 - 32 Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2005-09-02 - 52.9 29.2 27 - 1912 e! Ensembl Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Supercontigs v 1.0.0