Nosema sp. PM-1, previously named as Nosema papilio YN, were isolated from butterfly Papilio machaon Linnaeus in Yunnan Province, China. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that N. sp. PM-1 is close to Nosema bombycis CQ1. The genome of N. sp. PM-1 was sequenced by the next generation sequencing. We have obtained 7.7 Mb assemblies composed of 188 scaffolds, from which 2605 protein-coding genes were predicted with an average length of 798.2 bp. This genome project is in progress.

Butterfly Papilio machaon Linnaeus	Microsporidian Nosema sp. PM-1	Phylogeny of Nosema sp. PM-1 based on 16s rDNA

References:

1. Tie Liu, Jinshan Xu, Bo Luo, et al., Nosema sp. PM-1, a new isolate of microsporidian from infected Papilio machaon Linnaeus, based on ultrastructure and molecular identification. Acta Parasitologica, 2015, 60(2), 000–000;