Nanopore Genome Sequencing and Variant Analysis of the Susceptible Candida auris Strain L1537/2020, Salvador, Brazil
Auke W. de Jong, Elaine Cristina Francisco, João Nóbrega de Almeida, Igor Brasil Brandão, Felicidade Mota Pereira, Pedro Henrique Presta Dias, Magda Machado de Miranda Costa, Regiane T. de Souza Jordão, Duong Vu, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Ferry Hagen
Abstract
Candida auris has been reported worldwide, but only in December 2020, the first strain from a COVID-19 patient in Brazil was isolated. Here, we describe the genome sequence of this susceptible C. auris strain and performed variant analysis of the genetic relatedness with strains from other geographic localities.
Topics & Concepts
Candida aurisMedical microbiologyStrain (injury)Whole genome sequencingBiologyGenomeMycologySequence analysisMicrobiologyGeneticsGeneAntifungalAnatomyPaleontologyAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal Infections and StudiesInfections and bacterial resistance