Genome

Rhizopus arrhizus Pathogenic filamentous fungus that is the most common cause of mucormycosis Lineage: Eukaryota[15558]; Fungi[5219]; Fungi incertae sedis[363]; Mucoromycota[182]; Mucoromycotina[99]; Mucoromycetes[89]; Mucorales[89]; Mucorineae[51]; Rhizopodaceae[7]; Rhizopus[6]; Rhizopus arrhizus[1]

Rhizopus oryzae, also known as Rhizopus arrhizus, is a filamentous fungus that is the most common cause of mucormycosis, also referred to as zygomycosis. An opportunistic pathogen, Rhizopus oryzae causes disease primarily in immunocompromised people, such as those with diabetes mellitus, cancer, or AIDS. Rhizopus oryzae is More...found in soil, decaying fruit and vegetables, old bread, and animal dung. It is used in the preparation of fermented foods and alcoholic beverages in Asia. This fungus produces the ergot alkaloid agroclavine, a human and animal toxin. The Rhizopus oryzae genome is estimated at 45.3 Mb and highly repetitive. Approximately 20% of the genome consists of transposable elements (TEs). 13,895 protein-coding genes are predicted (do not overlap with TEs), containing several paralogous gene pairs. The order, genomic arrangement and common phylogentic origin of these gene pairs suggest an ancestral whole genome duplication event. Less...

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 51; sequence reads: 106  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 42.8416  median protein count: 14387  median GC%: 34.9869 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) Genetic diversity of clinical and environmental Mucorales isolates obtained from an investigation of mucormycosis cases among solid organ transplant recipients. Nguyen MH, et al. Microb Genom 2020 Dec  Representative (genome information for reference and representative genomes) Reference genome:   Rhizopus arrhizus ASM2422050v1 Submitter: Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science Loc Type Name RefSeq INSDC Size (Mb) GC% Un - . - 50.26 35.6 Chromosomes External Resources Broad Institute Fungal Genome Initiative White Paper #1 Mucormycosis Tree of Life: Fungi