Aspergillus flavus strain:WRRL1519 Genome sequencing and assembly

Aflatoxins are fungal secondary metabolites that often contaminate foodstuffs and crops. Aspergillus flavus is the major aflatoxin producing species. Use of non-aflatoxigenic strains of A. flavus to competitively exclude aflatoxin-producing strains has emerged as one of the management practices for reducing aflatoxin contamination, and has led to commercially registered products. The non-aflatoxigenic A. flavus strain WRRL1519 (labelled as M65) was sequenced to define the characteristics of the strain at the genomic level.

黄曲霉毒素系真菌的次级代谢产物，常污染食品及农作物。黄曲霉（Aspergillus flavus）是主要的黄曲霉毒素产生菌种。利用非黄曲霉毒素产生菌株的黄曲霉（A. flavus）来竞争性排斥产生黄曲霉毒素的菌株，已成为降低黄曲霉毒素污染的管理措施之一，并催生了商业注册产品的诞生。非黄曲霉毒素产生菌株A. flavus WRRL1519（标记为M65）的基因组被测序，以界定该菌株的基因组特征。