Entry
Org code
tgo
Name
Toxoplasma gondii ME49
Annotation
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Taxonomy
Lineage
Eukaryota; Sar; Alveolata; Apicomplexa; Conoidasida; Coccidia; Eucoccidiorida; Eimeriorina; Sarcocystidae; Toxoplasma
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Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601 ]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610 ]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611 ]
KEGG organisms: protists [BR:br08615 ]
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Data source
Keywords
Human pathogen
Disease
Comment
Ubiquitous protozoan parasite of medical and veterinary importance.
Capable of being transmitted via vertical transmission, through carnivory and by ingestion of highly infectious oocysts excreted by the definitive felid hosts.
Well-characterized laboratory strain.
Isolate from Uganda.
Chromosome
Ia
Sequence
Length
1859933
Chromosome
Ib
Sequence
Length
1955354
Chromosome
II
Sequence
Length
2347032
Chromosome
III
Sequence
Length
2532871
Chromosome
IV
Sequence
Length
2686605
Chromosome
V
Sequence
Length
3331915
Chromosome
VI
Sequence
Length
3646983
Chromosome
VIIa
Sequence
Length
4541629
Chromosome
VIIb
Sequence
Length
5069724
Chromosome
VIII
Sequence
Length
6970285
Chromosome
IX
Sequence
Length
6327655
Chromosome
X
Sequence
Length
7486190
Chromosome
XI
Sequence
Length
6623461
Chromosome
XII
Sequence
Length
7094428
Statistics
Number of nucleotides: 62474065
Number of protein genes: 8168
Number of RNA genes: 150
Created
2009
Reference
Authors
Bontell IL, Hall N, Ashelford KE, Dubey JP, Boyle JP, Lindh J, Smith JE
Title
Whole genome sequencing of a natural recombinant Toxoplasma gondii strain reveals chromosome sorting and local allelic variants.
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