The Institute for Genomic Research -- Databases

Parasites Databases

Links to TIGR sequencing projects completed and underway as well as links to related world-wide sequencing efforts: Toxoplasma gondii, Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium yoelii, Entamoeba histolytica, Schistosoma mansoni,, Brugia malayi and Plasmodium vivax

Parasite genomes sequencing status

* Size estimated from pulsed field gels (see chromosome nomenclature)

Genome	Strain	Domain	Size (Mb)	Sequencing Center	Funding Status	Status or Anticipated Publication
*Perkinsus marinus*
*Trichomonas vaginalis*	G3	E	60 - 80	TIGR	NIAID	Whole Genome Shotgun - in progress
*Trypanosoma brucei*	TREU 927/4	E	35
	Chromosome I a/b		1.15/1.2	Sanger	Beowulf	complete
	Chromosome II a/b		1.25/1.3	TIGR	NIAID	complete
	Chromosome III a/b		1.62/1.75	TIGR	NIAID	in progress
	Chromosome IV a/b		1.62/1.75	TIGR	NIAID	in progress
	Chromosome V a/b		1.68/1.75	TIGR	NIAID	in progress
	Chromosome VI a/b		1.7/2.0	TIGR	NIAID	in progress
	Chromosome VII a/b		2.1/2.1	TIGR	NIAID	in progress
	Chromosome VIII a/b		2.1/2.2	TIGR	NIAID	in progress
	Chromosome IX a/b		3.3/3.5	Sanger	Beowulf	in progress
	Chromosome X		4.4/4.4	Sanger	Beowulf	in progress
	Chromosome XI		5.2/5.2	Sanger	Beowulf	in progress
*Trypanosoma cruzi*	CL Brener	E	40	TIGR	NIAID	Whole Genome Shotgun - in progress
*Brugia malayi*	TRS	E	110	TIGR	NIAID	Whole Genome Shotgun - in progress
*Entamoeba histolytica*	EHA-1	E	40	TIGR	NIAID
*Plasmodium falciparum*	clone 3D7	E
	Chromosome 1		0.7	Sanger Centre	Wellcome Trust	Annotation
	Chromosome 2		0.95	TIGR / NMRC	NIAID, DoD	Gardner et. al., Science 282:1126-1132 (1998)
	Chromosome 3		1.05	Sanger Centre	Wellcome Trust	Bowman et. al., Nature 400:532-538 (1999)
	Chromosomes 4-9		1.3 - 1.6	Sanger Centre	Wellcome Trust	Annotation
	Chromosome 10		1.75	TIGR / NMRC	NIAID, DoD	Annotation
	Chromosome 11		2.1	TIGR / NMRC	NIAID, DoD	Annotation
	Chromosome 12		2.4	Stanford University	Burroughs Wellcome Fund	Annotation
	Chromosome 13		3.1	Sanger Centre	Wellcome Trust	Annotation
	Chromosome 14		3.4	TIGR / NMRC	Burroughs Wellcome Fund	Annotation
*Plasmodium yoelii yoelii*	17XNL	E	23	TIGR	DoD	Nature paper
*Plasmodium vivax*	Salvador I	E	30	TIGR	NIAID, DoD	Whole Genome Shotgun - in progress

Chromosome sizes for P. falciparum were determined by sequencing or optical mapping (Lai, Z., J. Jing, et al. (1999). "A shotgun optical map of the entire Plasmodium falciparum genome." Nature Genetics 23: 309-313).