De Novo Genome Sequenceing and Analysis of Genome and Transcriptome of the Anthracnose Pathogen Colletotrichum acutatum

Colletotrichum acutatum is a plant pathogen causing the anthracnose disease on many important crops including peppers and strawberries. Due to the absence of genome information on C. acutatum, our understanding on development and pathogenicity of the fungus remains limited. Here we present de novo genome sequence data and analysis of genome and transcriptomic data of C. acutatum strain KC05, revealed by PacBio. Briefly, the acquired sequence reads were assembled into 27 scaffolds (N50, 4,416,304 bp; Nmax, 6,776,476 bp), totaling 52,190,760 bp. A total of 13,559 genes were found, which covered 20,550,771 bp of the genome sequence. Detailed information on sequencing, assembly, gene prediction, gene category, and comparative genome analysis will be presented.