Morrison, Eric W.Duong, Tuan A.Garnas, Jeff R.2024-02-202024-02-202024-02Morrison, E.W., Duong, T.A. & Garnas, J.R. A high-quality draft genome sequence of Neonectria faginata, causative agent of beech bark disease of Fagus grandifolia. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2024 Feb 15; 13(2): e0104823. doi: 10.1128/mra.01048-23.2576-098X (online)10.1128/mra.01048-23http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94745DATA AVAILABILITY : This Whole Genome Shotgun project has been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession JAULBG000000000. The version described in this paper is version JAULBG010000000. Raw sequence data are available at NCBI SRA under project number PRJNA994555. Sequences of TEF1- and RPB2 are deposited in GenBank under accession numbers OR338330 and OR338331.The draft genome of Neonectria faginata was sequenced with Oxford Nanopore and Illumina 250 bp paired-end sequencing technologies. The assembled genome was 42.9 Mb distributed over 24 contigs, with N50 of 4.4 Mb and 98.6% BUSCO completeness. This genome sequence will aid in understanding N. faginata population structure and ecology.en© 2024 Morrison et al. This is an openaccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.AnnouncementDraft genomeNeonectria faginataBeech bark diseaseFagus grandifoliaFungiPathogenic fungiArticle