Genome of Extreme-Tolerant Fungus from Portugal Church Sequenced
/High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of the Microcolonial Black Fungus Aeminium ludgeri DSM 106916
João Trovão, Igor Tiago, Fabiana Soares, Diana Sofia Paiva, Nuno Mesquita, Catarina Coelho, Lídia Catarino, Francisco Gil, and António Portugal
Christina Cuomo, Microbiology Resource Announcements
ABSTRACT—Aeminium ludgeri is an extremotolerant microcolonial black fungus isolated from a biodeteriorated limestone art piece in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The high-quality draft genome sequence of Aeminium ludgeri presented here represents the first sequenced genome for both the recently described fungal family Aeminiaceae and the genus Aeminium.
