Draft genome assembly and transcriptome sequencing of the golden algae Hydrurus foetidus (Chrysophyceae)

• DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.16734.1
• Publication Date: 2019-04-08T09:30:05Z
• Authors: Jon Bråte; Janina Fuss; Kjetill S. Jakobsen; Dag Klaveness
• Keywords: Open peer review; Sequence assembly

Hydrurusfoetidus is a freshwater alga belonging to the phylum Heterokonta. It thrives in cold rivers polar and high alpine regions. has several morphological traits reminiscent of single-celled eukaryotes, but can also form macroscopic thalli. Despite its ability produce polyunsaturated fatty acids, life under conditions variable morphology, very little known about genome transcriptome. Here, we present an extensive set next-generation sequencing data, including genomic short reads from Illumina long Nanopore sequencing, as well full length cDNAs PacBio IsoSeq small RNA dataset (smaller than 200 bp) sequenced with Illumina. We combined this data with, our knowledge, first draft assembly chrysophyte algae. The consists 5069 contigs total size 171 Mb 77% BUSCO completeness. new generated here may contribute better understanding evolution ecological roles algae, resolve branching patterns within