We report the genome sequence of the pathogenic yeast Candida parapsilosis strain SR23 (CBS 7157) used in a number of experimental studies. The nuclear genome assembly consists of eight chromosome-sized contigs with a total size of 13.04 Mbp (N50 2.09 Mbp) and a G+C content of 38.7%.

Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University Bratislava Bratislava Slovak Republic

Department of Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics Physics and Informatics Comenius University Bratislava Bratislava Slovak Republic

Department of Genetics Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University Bratislava Bratislava Slovak Republic

Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic

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