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. 2021 Sep 2;10(35):e00545-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00545-21

TABLE 1.

Description of Leishmania species and strains, including assembly parameters and links

Genus or subgenus Species Strain WHO code Source Provenance BioProject accession no.a Sequencing platforms Assembler No. of contigs N50 (bp) Assembly size (bp) % GC No. of pseudochromosomes No. of protein-coding genes Reference for other assembly
L. Leishmania L. major SD75.1 (clone) MHOM/SN/74/SD Human, cutaneous D. Sacks, Bethesda, MD PRJNA50303 454, Illumina Newbler 891 95,380 31,727,271 59.3 36 8,818
LV39 (clone 5) MHOM/Sv/59/P Human, cutaneous R. Titus, Boston, MA PRJNA50301 454, Illumina Newbler 1,667 71,452 31,961,985 59.5 36 8,971
L. gerbilli LEM452 MRHO/CN/60/GERBILLI Gerbil P. Bastien, J.-P. Dedet, Montpellier, France PRJNA192717 454, Illumina AllPaths 1,248 57,008 30,822,621 59.6 36 8,599
L. turanica LEM423 MRHO/SU/65/VL Gerbil P. Bastien, J.-P. Dedet, Montpellier, France PRJNA192712 454, Illumina AllPaths 1,669 39,210 30,876,294 59.5 36 8,608
L. arabica LEM1108 MPSA/SA/83/JISH220 Psammomys sp. P. Bastien, J.-P. Dedet, Montpellier, France PRJNA192710 454, Illumina AllPaths 1,530 52,119 30,774,332 59.2 36 8,646
L. tropica L590 MHOM/IL/1990/P283 Human, cutaneous C. Jaffe, Jerusalem, Israel PRJNA169676 454, Illumina AllPaths 1,938 32,739 31,326,083 59.6 36 8,824 12
L. aethiopica L147 MHOM/ET/1972/L100 Human, diffuse cutaneous, relapsing C. Jaffe, Jerusalem, Israel PRJNA169673 454, Illumina AllPaths 1,758 38,498 31,026,739 60.1 36 8,722
L. Viannia L. braziliensis M2903 MHOM/BR/75/M2903 Human, cutaneous J. Shaw, Brazil PRJNA165955 454, Illumina Newbler 3,934 61,918 32,590,753 57.4 35 9,269
L. panamensis L13 MHOM/COL/81/L13 Human, mucosal N. Saravia, Cali, Colombia PRJNA165959 454, Illumina AllPaths 3,163 22,576 31,108,242 57.4 35 8,665
L. Mundinia L. enriettii LEM3045 MCAV/BR/95/CUR3 Cavia porcellus (guinea pig) P. Bastien, J.-P. Dedet, Montpellier, France PRJNA192711 454, Illumina AllPaths 1,171 102,666 30,427,298 59.3 36 8,731 14
L. martiniquensis LEM2494 MHOM/MQ/92/MAR1 Human, diffuse cutaneous, HIV P. Bastien, J.-P. Dedet, Montpellier, France PRJNA192703 454, Illumina AllPaths 628 147,290 30,528,357 59.6 36 8,483 14
Endotrypanum Endotrypanum monterogei LV88 None Choloepus hoffmanni (sloth) Michael Chance, Liverpool, UK PRJNA165953 454, Illumina Newbler 3,517 33,059 32,086,870 52.5 36 8,285 13
Crithidia Crithidia fasciculata Cf-C1 (clone) None Mosquito Larry Simpson, Los Angeles, CA PRJNA165885 454, Illumina, PacBio HGAP 494 778,443 41,297,378 57.0 30 9,619 8
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Each BioProject link contains links to the current assembly, primary data sets, and other relevant information.