Ellipsomyxa sp. 70-BR2022 is an undescribed myxozoan parasite (family Ceratomyxidae) recovered from marine fish in Brazil, assigned a provisional barcode identifier. Myxozoans are obligate endoparasites with drastically reduced genomes and body plans, historically classified as protozoa but now recognized as highly derived cnidarians based on molecular phylogenetics. Species of Ellipsomyxa infect the bile of marine teleost fish and produce characteristic ellipsoidal spores transmitted to alternate polychaete worm hosts.
| Class | Species | NCBI Taxonomy ID | Assembly Level | GenBank Assembly | Assembly Name | Genome Size (Mb) | WGS Accession | Submitter | BioProject |
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| Myxozoa | Ellipsomyxa sp. 70-BR2022 | 3149008 | Contig | GCA_040938985.1 | ASM4093898v1 | 23.14 | JBDJAP01 | University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | PRJNA1107121 |
| Chromosome Number | Scaffold Number | Contig Number | Protein Number | Protein-Coding Gene Number | Contig N50 | Scaffold N50 | GC content (%) | BUSCO completeness |
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| - | 73 | 73 | - | - | 1371065 | 1371065 | 39.5 | 48.23% |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
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| Long-read metagenomic sequencing negates inferred loss of cytosine methylation in Myxosporea (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) | Gigascience | 40080648 |
