ERGA-BGE reference genome of Lewinskya acuminata, a common epiphytic Mediterranean moss with disjunct populations in California and Ethiopia

The reference genome of <i>Lewinskya acuminata</i> (H. Philib.) F. Lara, Garilleti & Goffinet will enable phylogenomic, biogeographic, and evolutionary studies within the <i>Orthotrichaceae</i> and related bryophyte lineages at a depth previously inaccessible. This species of moss is among the most representative of the Mediterranean epiphytic communities and can be readily identified by its long-acuminate leaves, fusiform capsules with a vestigial exostome, a well-developed endostome of six broad segments, and a dark, puckered peristome mouth when dry. The entirety of the genome sequence was assembled into 6 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules, 1 mitochondrial genome, and 2 plastid genomes. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 0.25 Gb, composed of 51 contigs and 13 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 11.5 Mb and 40.8 Mb, respectively.

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Open Research Europe
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2025-11-24
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https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21670.1
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Bryophyte Studies and Records
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Lewinskya acuminata, a common epiphytic Mediterranean moss with disjunct populations in California and Ethiopia

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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Lewinskya acuminata, a common epiphytic Mediterranean moss with disjunct populations in California and Ethiopia

Karine Labadie, Thomas Marcussen, Chiara Bortoluzzi, Astrid Böhne, Rebekah A. Oomen, Pablo Aguado‐Ramsay, Corinne Cruaud, Isabel Draper, María Conejero, Francisco Lara, Jean‐Marc Aury, Pedro H. Oliveira, Alice Moussy, Torsten H. Struck, Rita Monteiro, Patrick Wincker, Lola Demirdjian, Emilie Téodori
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The reference genome of <i>Lewinskya acuminata</i> (H. Philib.) F. Lara, Garilleti & Goffinet will enable phylogenomic, biogeographic, and evolutionary studies within the <i>Orthotrichaceae</i> and related bryophyte lineages at a depth previously inaccessible. This species of moss is among the most representative of the Mediterranean epiphytic communities and can be readily identified by its long-acuminate leaves, fusiform capsules with a vestigial exostome, a well-developed endostome of six broad segments, and a dark, puckered peristome mouth when dry. The entirety of the genome sequence was assembled into 6 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules, 1 mitochondrial genome, and 2 plastid genomes. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 0.25 Gb, composed of 51 contigs and 13 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 11.5 Mb and 40.8 Mb, respectively.

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University of New Brunswick (CA), SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Natural History Museum (GB), University of Oslo (NO), University of Agder (NO), Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR), Université Paris-Saclay (FR), Saint John Regional Hospital (CA), Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE), Genoscope (FR), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (ES), CEA Paris-Saclay (FR), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES), University of Gothenburg (SE)
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