Draft genome sequence of Acremonium thermophilum Gams & Lacey, a distinct evolutionary lineage within the Cephalothecaceae (Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes).

The species in the Cephalothecaceae family (Sordariomycetes) are saprobic or epiphytic, often grow on rotten wood or dead plants. The isolate CBS 734.71 (= ATCC 24622 = MUT 6595) was identified as Acremonium thermophilum by Gams and Lacey (1972). Acremonium thermophilum CBS 734.71 was assigned as a distinct lineage within the Cephalothecaceae by means of DNA sequence analysis (see Davolos et al., 2019).Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the strain CBS 734.71 with statistics of genome assembly (i.e., N50, number of genes and scaffolds, genome size). The genome was assembled denovo and was used to functionally annotate A. thermophilum CBS 734.71. Mining the genome of A. thermophilum CBS 734.71 allowed the identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for secondary metabolism pathways. Our ongoing efforts include comparing the genome of CBS 734.71 with other newly sequenced Cephalothecaceae genomes (Davolos et al., in prep.), highlighting both shared and unique features.We acknowledge the financial support from INAIL-DIT (PAR 2019-2021), Rome, Italy.