Sequencing, assembly, and annotation. Aspergillus oryzae RIB40

The National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), Japan and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, in collaboration with other members of the A. oryzae Genome Analysis Consortium, sequenced the genome of Aspergillus oryzae strain RIB40 at 9X coverage using whole genome shotgun (WGS) and clone-based sequencing. This genome consists of a nuclear genome assembly represented by eight chromosomes (assembled from 24 entries) and three unplaced contigs (AP007156, AP007160 and AP007177) and a complete mitochondrial genome (AP007176). The assembly and scaffolds were validated by optical mapping. First-pass automated annotation was carried out using the Cluster of Orthologous Groups (COG) classification.