The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of amoebophrya sp. ex Karlodinium veneficum.

ABSTRACT: Dinoflagellates are a diverse group of microplankton that include free-living, symbiotic, and parasitic species. Amoebophrya, a basal lineage of parasitic dinoflagellates, infects a variety of marine microorganisms, including harmful-bloom-forming algae. Although there are currently 3 published Amoebophrya genomes, this genus has considerable genomic diversity. We add to the growing genomic data for Amoebophrya with an annotated genome assembly for Amoebophrya sp. ex Karlodinium veneficum. This species appears to translate all 3 canonical stop codons contextually. Stop codons are present in the open reading frames of about half of the predicted gene models, including genes essential for cellular function. The in-frame stop codons are likely translated by suppressor tRNAs that were identifi

SUBMITTER: DeMontigny W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12005148 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature