Draft genome of the switchgrass head smut pathogen Tilletia maclaganii
G.M.N. Benucci et al. "Draft genome of the switchgrass head smut pathogenTilletia maclaganii" Microbiology Resource Announcements (2025) [DOI:10.1128/mra.00991-25]
Tilletia maclaganii is a smut fungal pathogen that causes significant biomass reduction of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) used for animal forage and biofuel production. Here we present the annotated genome of T. maclaganii, strain Tm001-NY21, estimated at 42.79 Mb in size, in 53 assembled contigs and encoding 10,235 predicted genes. This genome will be important for future comparative studies of Ustilaginales across its geographic and host range.
Whole-genome and transcriptome raw reads are available in the SRA under accession SRP602000 (NCBI: PRJNA1080998), and SRP602007, SRP602006 (NCBI: PRJNA1287810 and PRJNA1287828), respectively. The genome assembly and annotations are in GenBank under accession JBQVXD000000000 and at the JGI MycoCosm portal (10) https://mycocosm.jgi.doe.gov/Tilmac1. Tilletia maclaganii Tm001-NY21 live culture is available at NRRL 64469 (USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL), and a symptomatic switchgrass specimen is archived as CUP-073118 in the Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium. Detailed DNA/RNA and bioinformatics methods are available at protocols.io: https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.dm6gpmr55gzp/v2.