PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Tripti Tripathi AU - Arpita Ghosh AU - Vivek N Todur AU - Parismita Kalita AU - R Vijayakumar AU - Jupitara Kalita AU - Rohit Shukla AU - Purna B Chetri AU - Harish Shukla AU - Amit Sonkar AU - Denzelle Lee Lyngdoh AU - Radhika Singh AU - Surendra K Chikara AU - Timir Tripathi TI - Draft genome of the liver fluke <em>Fasciola gigantica</em> AID - 10.1101/451476 DP - 2018 Jan 01 TA - bioRxiv PG - 451476 4099 - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/10/24/451476.short 4100 - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/10/24/451476.full AB - Fascioliasis is a neglected food-borne disease caused by liver flukes (genus Fasciola) and affects more than 200 million people worldwide. Despite technological advances, little is known about the molecular biology and biochemistry of the fluke. We present the draft genome of Fasciola gigantica for the first time. The assembled draft genome has a size of ~1.04 Gb with an N50 of 129 kb. A total of 20,858 genes were predicted. The de novo repeats identified in the draft genome were 46.85%. In pathway analysis, all the genes of glycolysis, Kreb’s cycle and fatty acid metabolism were found to be present, but the key genes for fatty acid production in fatty acid biosynthesis were missing. This indicates that the fatty acid required for the survival of the fluke may be acquired from the host bile. The genomic information will provide a comprehensive resource to facilitate the development of novel interventions for fascioliasis control.