MeRIP-seq and RNA-seq data of mycelium and spore of Ascosphaera apis, a widespread bee fungal pathogen

Ascosphaera apis is widespread fungal pathogen of honeybee larvae, causing chalkbrood, a chronic disease that weakens bee health and colony productivity. In this article, mecylia and spores of A. apis were respectively purified followed by RNA isolation, cDNA library construction, MeRIP-seq and RNA-seq. A total of 62,551,172, 41,773,158, 49,535,092 and 61,569,610 raw reads were produced from Aam_IP, Aas_IP, Aam_input and Aas_input groups, respectively. After quality control, 58,484,368, 37,381,432, 44,655,434 and 58,739,742 clean reads were obtained. Furthermore, 47,706,205, 31,356,690, 35,259,810 and 44,319,061 clean reads were mapped to the reference genome of A. apis, including 39,337,036, 26,731,957, 31,987,396 and 40,017,855 unique mapped reads, and 8,369,169, 4,624,733, 3,272,414 and 4,301,206 multiple mapped reads. Among them, 96.31%, 96.51%, 96.82% and 97.11% of clean reads were mapped to exons; 2.09%, 2.31%,1.83% and 1.81% to introns; 1.60%, 1.18%, 1.35% and 1.08% to intergenic regions. Value of the dataO_LIThe data can be used to investigate the relationship between the m6A modification extent and the transcript level in the A. apis transcriptome. C_LIO_LIThis dataset contributes to transcriptome-wide characterization of the m6A distributing patterns in mRNAs and non-coding RNAs in A. apis mycelium and spore. C_LIO_LICurrent data benefits new functions of m6A modification in the transcripts extensively modified by m6A in A. apis mycelium and spore. C_LIO_LIOur data could be used to characterize differential patterns of the m6A methylation between mycelium and spore of A. apis. C_LI