Eimeria tenella isolate:APU2 Genome sequencing

Coccidia in the genus Eimeria cause economically important disease of poultry and livestock throughout the world. Our laboratory has developed chromosomal level scaffolding of Eimeria tenella (E. tenella APU2) to understand genome architecture of this genome and structural variations with other related Eimeria sequenced at USDA-ARS Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, United States. The sequences and annotations of genomes of major Eimeria species, will help characterize genetic markers that will allow development of markers for species identification that could help in understanding the basis for pathogenicity of these protozoa