Peronospora effusa on Spinacia oleracea. From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Peronospora effusa genome sequence and gene models have not been determined by the JGI, but were downloaded from NCBI (BioProject PRJNA745455) on March 07, 2024. In order to ensure this genome is comparable to those sequenced by the JGI, we applied filters to remove if present: 1) transposable elements, 2) pseudogenes, 3) alternative transcripts and overlapping models, 4) alleles on secondary scaffolds and 5) unsupported short models. This resulted in the removal of 804 models and the generation of the FilteredModels1 (GeneCatalog) gene track. All published models are available in the ExternalModels track. Please note that this copy of the genome is not automatically updated. In order to allow comparative analyses with other algal genomes sequenced by the JGI, a copy of this genome is incorporated into PhycoCosm. The JGI Annotation Pipeline was used to add functional annotation to the genes.

Peronospora effusa is also known as Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae. It is a downy mildew pathogen of spinach. However, it is not a fungus but a heterokont, and thus related to algae such as diatoms and kelps.