New high-quality genome of a platyhelminth parasite: Comparative genomics of three species of the genus Echinococcus

MALDONADO, L.; ASSIS J.; GOMES ARAÚJO, FLAVIO; MACCHIAROLI, N.; CUCHER, M.; ROSENZVIT, M.; OLIVEIRA, G.; KAMENETZKY, L.

Congreso; VI Congreso Argentino de Bioinformática y Biología Computacional organizado por la AB2C2; 2015

 Echinococcus canadensis is a platyhelminth parasite which keeps close phylogenetic relationship with Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis members of the class Cestoda that are involved in hydatid infections of humans and animals. In South America seven species of Echinococcus have been reported E. granulosus s.s. (G1 and G2 genotypes), E. canadensis (G6 and G7 genotypes), E. ortleppi E. vogeli, and E. oligartus. Only limited genetic information of E. canadensis G7 was reported so far. Therefore the aim of this this work is to sequence the genome of this species and comparing the obtained data with genomes data of E. multilocularis and E. granulosus G1.