A whole genome atlas of 81 Psilocybe genomes as a resource for psilocybin production.
F1000Research September 23, 2021 Kevin Mckernan, Liam T. Kane, Yvonne Helbert et al. 10 citations
The Psilocybe genus is well known for the synthesis of valuable psychoactive compounds such as Psilocybin, Psilocin, Baeocystin and Aeruginascin. The ubiquity of Psilocybin synthesis in Psilocybe has been attributed to a horizontal gene transfer mechanism of a ~20Kb gene cassette. A recently published highly contiguous reference genome derived from long read single molecule sequencing has...