Draft Genome Sequence of the Green Alga Scenedesmus acuminatus SAG 38.81

Yekaterina Astafyeva; Malik Alawi; Daniela Indenbirken; Dominik Danso; Adam Grundhoff; Dieter Hanelt; Wolfgang R Streit; Ines Krohn

doi:10.1128/MRA.01278-19

Draft Genome Sequence of the Green Alga Scenedesmus acuminatus SAG 38.81

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jun 11;9(24):e01278-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01278-19.

Authors

Yekaterina Astafyeva^{1

2}, Malik Alawi³, Daniela Indenbirken⁴, Dominik Danso¹, Adam Grundhoff⁴, Dieter Hanelt², Wolfgang R Streit¹, Ines Krohn⁵

Affiliations

¹ Universität Hamburg, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Aquatic Ecophysiology and Phycology, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
³ University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Bioinformatics Core, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Heinrich-Pette-Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Virus Genomics Research Unit, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Universität Hamburg, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Hamburg, Germany [email protected].

Abstract

Scenedesmus acuminatus, also known as Tetradesmus acuminatus, is a promising green microalga for sustainable production of microalga products, including valuable compounds such as astaxanthin, β-carotene, and lutein, polysaccharides such as β-glucan, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Here, we report the draft whole-genome sequence of Scenedesmus acuminatus SAG 38.81.