TY - JOUR
T1 - The chromosomal genome sequence of the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta Schmidt 1870 and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics Team
AU - EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
AU - Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
AU - Lopez, Jose Victor
AU - Pomponi, Shirley A.
AU - Hentschel, Ute
AU - Erpenbeck, Dirk
AU - Pruzinsky, Nina
AU - Fiore, Cara
AU - Mulheron, Rebecca
AU - Oatley, Graeme
AU - Sinclair, Elizabeth
AU - Aunin, Eerik
AU - Gettle, Noah
AU - Santos, Camilla
AU - Paulini, Michael
AU - Niu, Haoyu
AU - McKenna, Victoria
AU - O’Brien, Rebecca
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright: © 2025 Lopez JV et al.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Xestospongia muta (Caribbean barrel sponge; Porifera; Demospongiae; Haplosclerida; Petrosiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 158.52 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.56%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 18.99 kilobases in length. Several symbiotic bacterial genomes were assembled as MAGs, including Candidatus Poribacteria species, Candidatus Latescibacteria, Acidobacteriota, Actinomycetota Gemmatimonadota, multiple Chloroflexota and the archaeon Nitrosopumilus. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 20,220 protein-coding genes.
AB - We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Xestospongia muta (Caribbean barrel sponge; Porifera; Demospongiae; Haplosclerida; Petrosiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 158.52 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.56%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 18.99 kilobases in length. Several symbiotic bacterial genomes were assembled as MAGs, including Candidatus Poribacteria species, Candidatus Latescibacteria, Acidobacteriota, Actinomycetota Gemmatimonadota, multiple Chloroflexota and the archaeon Nitrosopumilus. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 20,220 protein-coding genes.
KW - Caribbean barrel sponge
KW - Haplosclerida; microbial metagenome
KW - Xestospongia muta
KW - chromosomal
KW - genome sequence
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U2 - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24173.1
DO - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24173.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105016261600
SN - 2398-502X
VL - 10
JO - Wellcome Open Research
JF - Wellcome Open Research
M1 - 336
ER -