Genome sequence of the Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum
Our C. rubrum genome assembly is 655 megabases (Mb) in size, distributed across 2910 scaffolds with a very low level of unknown nucleotides (0.95%). We used a pipeline based on the MaSuRCA hybrid assembler, combining long PacBio reads and short Illumina reads, followed by several steps to improve the assembly, including scaffolding, merging, and polishing. This represents the third published genome of an octocoral and the first within the order Scleralcyonacea.
Authors
- Manuel Aranda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-016X)
- Sylvie Tambutté (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0505-6375)
- Tobias Rausch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5773-5620)
- Vladimı́r Beneš (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0352-2547)
- Markus Hsi-Yang Fritz
- Didier Zoccola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-8098)
- Xin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-335X)
- Denis Allemand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3089-4290)
- Philippe Ganot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1743-9709)
Institutions
- European Molecular Biology Organization (DE)
- Scientific Centre of Monaco (MC)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Research Notes
- Published
- 2024-12-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-07006-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.46
Funders
- Gobierno del Principado de Asturias
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Sorbonne Université