Here, we present a 231 Mb draft genome of the centric diatom Conticribra weissflogii CCMP1336. Comparative genomics of C. weissflogii and other Ochrophyta support the existence of unique carbon-concentrating mechanisms and chitin metabolic processes in diatoms. The whole-genome project is available at CNSA (https://db.cngb.org/search/project/CNP0001903/).
Keywords: Diatom; carbon-concentrating mechanism; chitin synthases; genomics; photosynthesis.
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