Cryptosporidium parvum isolate:43IA8 Genome sequencing

The objective of this BioProject is to assembly and annotate fully a reference genome for comparative genomics analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum using combined data from PacBio and Illumina sequencing. The existing fully assembled C. parvum reference genome has 10 sequence gaps, which have led to the mis-assembly of the scaffolds. It has also under-estimated the number of genes in the C. parvum genome. A re-assembled and re-annotated reference genome would be useful in the assembly and analysis of C. parvum genomes from field isolates.