Aylward, JannekeSteenkamp, Emma TheodoraDreyer, Leanne LauretteRoets, FrancoisWingfield, Brenda D.Wingfield, Michael J.2016-07-202016-07-202016-02-29Aylward, J, Steenkamp, ET, Dreyer, LL, Roets, F, Wingfield, BD & Wingfield, MJ 2016, 'Genome sequences of Knoxdaviesia capensis and K. proteae (Fungi : Ascomycota) from Protea trees in South Africa', Standards in Genomic Sciences, vol. 11, art. #22, pp. 1-7.1944-327710.1186/s40793-016-0139-9http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55981Additional file 1: Table S1. Associated MIGS record for K. capensis.Additional file 2: Table S2. Associated MIGS record for K. proteae.Additional file 3: Table S3. Sequenced Sordariomycete fungi used as evidence for genome annotations.Two closely related ophiostomatoid fungi, Knoxdaviesia capensis and K. proteae, inhabit the fruiting structures of certain Protea species indigenous to southern Africa. Although K. capensis occurs in several Protea hosts, K. proteae is confined to P. repens. In this study, the genomes of K. capensis CBS139037 and K. proteae CBS140089 are determined. The genome of K. capensis consists of 35,537,816 bp assembled into 29 scaffolds and 7940 predicted protein-coding genes of which 6192 (77.98 %) could be functionally classified. K. proteae has a similar genome size of 35,489,142 bp that is comprised of 133 scaffolds. A total of 8173 protein-coding genes were predicted for K. proteae and 6093 (74.55 %) of these have functional annotations. The GC-content of both genomes is 52.8 %.en© 2016 Aylward et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.KnoxdaviesiaGondwanamycetaceaeMicroascalesOphiostomatoid fungiProteaArticle