Insights into the Red Seaweed <i>Asparagopsis taxiformis</i> Using an Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis (Bonnemaisoniaceae, Rhodophyta) produces a bioactive natural product, bromoform, which, when fed to ruminant livestock, can eradicate methane emissions. However, to cultivate enough A. taxiformis to produce a yield that would have a meaningful impact on global greenhouse gas emissions, we need to advance our current understanding of the biology of this seaweed species. Here, we used both a domesticated diploid tetrasporophyte (>1.5 years in culture) and wild samples to establish a high-quality draft nuclear genome for A. taxiformis (lineage 6 based upon phylogenetic analyses using the cox2-3 spacer). The constructed nuclear genome is 142 Mb in size (including 70.67% repeat regions) and was determined to encode for approxim

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12115072 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature