Candida parapsilosis Genome sequencing and assembly

Genome sequencing of clinical strains of pathogenic yeast Candida parapsilosis was conducted in order to study the genomic variability of candida parapsilosis isolated from blood samples drawn from patients suffering from catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI). Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) schemes have been established for a variety of important pathogenic candida species namely, Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata and Candida krusei. Genome sequencing of additional candida parapsilosis strains is essential for the development of a novel sequence-based genotyping scheme