Trametes villosa (Sw.) Kreisel CCMB561 Assembly

This is the first draft genome of Trametes villosa, a tropical white-rot Basidiomycota from the semiarid region of Brazil, promising for its production of ligninolytic enzymes. T. villosa isolate CCMB561 is a good producer strain for lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase, and laccase, which are the key enzymes of lignin degradation, providing a major advantage for its use in bioenergy research. The draft genome will accelerate functional genomics research, helping to understand the molecular basis of lignin decay by this fungus as well as advance its enzymatic applications.