Pleurotus ostreatus Genome Sequence

Filed in archive Energy, Environment and Ecology , Food and Agriculture , Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics , Microbiology on October 5, 2006

An international group of scientists will be sequencing the genome of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, which is not only an important food source, but also a model for studying the carbon dioxide cycle, and has great potential for use in bioremediation. The sequencing of this 70 million-base pair genome is approximated to take about 2 years.

This collaborative project will be Carrie out by the following institutions:

• from Spain: Public University of Navarre, Universities of Seville, Salamanca and Leon, the CSIC Centre


• from the United States: University of Wisconsin, Southeast Missouri State University, Universities of Michigan, Texas, Duke and Indiana


• from Germany: Universities of Georg-August in Götting, Munster and Hannover


• from Canada: University of Toronto


• from Autria: University of Vienna


• from Israel: Hebrew University in Jerusalem


• from Italy: Federico II of Naples University and


• from Japan: Kyushu University

See more details from the Basque Research feature report.