ERGA-BGE reference genome of Xylophaga dorsalis - a common deep-sea wood-boring bivalve with Atlantic-Mediterranean distribution
<ns3:p> <ns3:italic>Xylophaga dorsalis</ns3:italic> is a common Atlantic-Mediterranean mollusc that plays a crucial role in deep-sea habitats, where it digests wood that reaches the seabed through a unique symbiosis with specialised bacteria. The reference genome of <ns3:italic>X. dorsalis</ns3:italic> thus offers a crucial resource for uncovering the genetic basis of the species adaptability to wood bore in deep-water ecosystems. The entirety of the genome sequence was assembled into 18 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules (superscaffolds) and 1 mitochondrial genome. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 0.451 Gb, composed of 1,259 contigs and 320 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 1.30 Mb and 25.4 Mb, respectively. The genome assembly encodes 19,441 protein-coding genes (34,405 transcripts) and 6,716 non-coding genes. </ns3:p>
Authors
- Francisco Câmara Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-5466)
- Thomas Marcussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1960-9508)
- Rebekah A. Oomen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-5592)
- Carlota Gracia-Sancha
- Carles Galià‐Camps
- Chiara Bortoluzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6589-6635)
- Fergal Martin
- Jèssica Gómez-Garrido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6409-8009)
- Anna Lazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-1675)
- Tyler S. Alioto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-5420)
- Rita Monteiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-4474)
- Laura Aguilera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8631-8778)
- Fernando Cruz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4098-8829)
- Sergi Taboada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-1152)
- Torsten H. Struck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3280-6239)
- Astrid Böhne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1284-3115)
- Leanne Haggerty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8843-3596)
- Marta Gut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4063-7159)
Institutions
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
- European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Agder (NO)
- Saint John Regional Hospital (CA)
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (ES)
- Bioinformatics Institute (RU)
- Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (ES)
- Saint John's University (TH)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research Europe
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.22692.2
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme