Nuclear Genome Assembly of the Microalga Nannochloropsis salina CCMP1776

J A Ohan; B T Hovde; X L Zhang; K W Davenport; O Chertkov; C Han; S N Twary; S R Starkenburg

doi:10.1128/MRA.00750-19

Nuclear Genome Assembly of the Microalga Nannochloropsis salina CCMP1776

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Oct 31;8(44):e00750-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00750-19.

Authors

J A Ohan¹, B T Hovde¹, X L Zhang¹, K W Davenport¹, O Chertkov¹, C Han¹, S N Twary¹, S R Starkenburg²

Affiliations

¹ Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
² Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA shawns@lanl.gov.

Abstract

Nannochloropsis salina is a halotolerant, high-lipid-producing microalga that is being explored as a biofuel production species. Here, we report an improved high-quality draft assembly and annotation for the nuclear genome of N. salina strain CCMP1776.