Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms

  • Cristina Maria Osuna-Cruz,
  • Gust Bilcke,
  • Emmelien Vancaester,
  • Sam De Decker,
  • Atle M. Bones,
  • Per Winge,
  • Nicole Poulsen,
  • Petra Bulankova,
  • Bram Verhelst,
  • Sien Audoor,
  • Darja Belisova,
  • Aikaterini Pargana,
  • Monia Russo,
  • Frederike Stock,
  • Emilio Cirri,
  • Tore Brembu,
  • Georg Pohnert,
  • Gwenael Piganeau,
  • Maria Immacolata Ferrante,
  • Thomas Mock,
  • Lieven Sterck,
  • Koen Sabbe,
  • Lieven De Veylder,
  • Wim Vyverman,
  • Klaas Vandepoele

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17191-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Available genomics studies have mostly focused on planktonic centric diatom. Here, the authors report the genome assembly of the marine biofilm-forming diatom Seminavis robusta and the resequencing data of a panel of accessions to reveal their evolutionary adaptations.