Complete Genome Sequence of the Model Oleaginous Alga Nannochloropsis gaditana CCMP1894

Ariel S Schwartz; Rob Brown; Imad Ajjawi; Jay McCarren; Suzan Atilla; Nick Bauman; Toby H Richardson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01448-17

Complete Genome Sequence of the Model Oleaginous Alga Nannochloropsis gaditana CCMP1894

Genome Announc. 2018 Feb 15;6(7):e01448-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01448-17.

Authors

Ariel S Schwartz¹, Rob Brown¹, Imad Ajjawi¹, Jay McCarren¹, Suzan Atilla¹, Nick Bauman¹, Toby H Richardson²

Affiliations

¹ Synthetic Genomics, La Jolla, California, USA.
² Synthetic Genomics, La Jolla, California, USA [email protected].

Abstract

The model oleaginous alga Nannochloropsis gaditana was completely sequenced using a combination of optical mapping and next-generation sequencing technologies to generate one of the most complete eukaryotic genomes published to date. The assembled genome is 30.7 Mb long.