Draft Genome Sequence of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus thermomutatus (Neosartorya pseudofischeri) Strain HMR-AF-39, Isolated from a Human Nasal Septum Abscess Aspirate

Maxime Parent-Michaud; Philippe J Dufresne; Éric Fournier; Christine Martineau; Sandrine Moreira; Vincent Perkins; Louis de Repentigny; Simon F Dufresne

doi:10.1128/MRA.01444-18

Draft Genome Sequence of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus thermomutatus (Neosartorya pseudofischeri) Strain HMR-AF-39, Isolated from a Human Nasal Septum Abscess Aspirate

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jan 3;8(1):e01444-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01444-18. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Authors

Maxime Parent-Michaud¹, Philippe J Dufresne², Éric Fournier², Christine Martineau², Sandrine Moreira², Vincent Perkins³, Louis de Repentigny¹, Simon F Dufresne^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
² Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
³ Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Aspergillus thermomutatus (formerly known as Neosartorya pseudofischeri; strain HMR-AF-39/LSPQ-01276), a cryptic species of Aspergillus section Fumigati. This species is intrinsically resistant to antifungal azoles and is recognized as an agent of invasive aspergillosis among immunocompromised hosts.