Two SIRAM papers published on Microbiology Resource Announcements

Two papers have just been published on Microbiology Resource Announcements (https://journals.asm.org/journal/mra) related to the sequencing of two fungal strains isolated in the framework of SIRAM PRIMA project by researchers of Department of Sustainable Food Process of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. The two strains, Metarhizium marquandii ISA 501 and Talaromyces purpureogenus ISA 502, isolated from corn rhizosphere, are promising candidates to be used in sustainable agriculture to promote plant growth and pest control. However, genomic sequences were not available or very fragmented for these two species on public databases: thanks to the work of SIRAM partners in  Laboratoire Chrono-environnement of Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, their genomes have been fully sequenced and assembled, opening the possibility to better investigate the metabolic abilities and plant growth promotion and biocontrol traits of these strains.

Complete genome sequence of Metarhizium marquandii strain ISA501 can be found at the following doi https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00106-25, while Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Talaromyces purpureogenus strain ISA502 isolated from maize rhizosphere can be found at https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00122-25. 

SIRAM is successfully proceeding towards mixing observations from field studies with insights into molecular and genomic mechanisms for plant growth promotion and biocontrol supported by microorganisms.