High quality genome assembly and annotation (v1) of the eukaryotic freshwater microalga Coccomyxa elongata SAG 216-3b.

ABSTRACT: Unicellular green algae of the genus Coccomyxa are recognized for their worldwide distribution and ecological versatility. Coccomyxa elongata is a freshwater species of the Coccomyxa simplex clade, which also includes lichen symbionts. To facilitate future molecular and phylogenomic studies of this versatile clade of algae, we generated a high-quality genome assembly for C. elongata Chodat & Jaag SAG 216-3b within the framework of the Biodiversity Genomics Center Cologne (BioC2) initiative. A combination of long-read PacBio HiFi and Oxford Nanopore Technologies with chromatin conformation capture (Hi-C) sequencing led to the assembly of the genome into 21 scaffolds with a total length of 51.4 Mb and an N50 of 2.8 Mb. Nineteen of the scaffolds represent highly complete nuclear chromosomes d

SUBMITTER: Kraege A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11797067 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature