Giardia intestinalis - GCA_000002435.2 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Giardia intestinalis

Giardia intestinalis, also known as Giardia lamblia or Giardia duodenalis, is a flagellated parasitic protozoan microorganism of the genus Giardia that colonizes the small intestine, causing a diarrheal condition known as giardiasis.

Assembly

G. intestinalis (also known as G. lamblia) (ATCC 50803) strain WB, clone C6 genome was sequenced to 11.3 coverage using the whole genome shotgun method. It is 12 Mb in size and contains 6488 predicted open reading frames distributed throughout five chromosomes (chromosome polymorphism has been identified in different strains). Karyotyping studies found chromosome sizes to range from 1.6 to over 3.8 Mb. The assembly presented has been imported from INSDC.

Annotation

The annotation has been imported from VEuPathDB.

References

1. Genomic minimalism in the early diverging intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.
   Morrison HG, McArthur AG, Gillin FD, Aley SB, Adam RD, Olsen GJ, Best AA, Cande WZ, Chen F, Cipriano MJ et al. 2007. Science. 317:1921-1926.

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