Chromosome-level Genome Assembly of Tritrichomonas Foetus, the Causative Agent of Bovine Trichomonosis

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Journal Sci Data

Specialty Science

Date 2024 Sep 20

PMID 39304666

Authors

Mostafa Y Abdel-Glil

Johannes Solle

Daniel Wibberg

Heinrich Neubauer

Lisa D Sprague

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Abstract

Tritrichomonas foetus is a parasitic protist responsible for bovine trichomonosis, a reproductive disease associated with significant economic burden to the livestock industry throughout the world. Here, we present a chromosome-level reference genome of T. foetus -KV-1 (ATCC 30924) using short-read (Illumina Miseq), long-read (Oxford Nanopore) and chromatin-linked (Hi-C) sequencing. This is the first chromosome-level genome of a parasitic protist of the order Tritrichomonadida and the second within the Parabasalia lineage, after Trichomonas vaginalis, the human-associated causative agent of the sexually transmitted infection in humans. Our constructed genome is 148 Mb in size, with a N50 length of the scaffolds of 22.9 Mb. The contigs are anchored in five super-scaffolds, corresponding to the expected five chromosomes of the species and covering 78% of the genome assembly. We predict 41,341 protein-coding genes, of which 95.10% have been functionally annotated. This high-quality genome assembly serves as a valuable reference genome for T. foetus to support future studies in functional genomics, genetic conservation and taxonomy.

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