
An improved genome of the model marine alga Ostreococcus tauri unfolds by assessing Illumina de novo assemblies
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- Romain Blanc-Mathieu, Bram Verhelst (UGent) , Evelyne Derelle, Stephane Rombauts (UGent) , François-Yves Bouget, Isabelle Carre, Annie Chateau, Adam Eyre-Walker, Nigel Grimsley, Hervé Moreau, Benoit Piegu, Eric Rivals, Wendy Schackwitz, Yves Van de Peer (UGent) and Gwenael Piganeau
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- Background: Cost effective next generation sequencing technologies now enable the production of genomic datasets for many novel planktonic eukaryotes, representing an understudied reservoir of genetic diversity. O. tauri is the smallest free-living photosynthetic eukaryote known to date, a coccoid green alga that was first isolated in 1995 in a lagoon by the Mediterranean sea. Its simple features, ease of culture and the sequencing of its 13 Mb haploid nuclear genome have promoted this microalga as a new model organism for cell biology. Here, we investigated the quality of genome assemblies of Illumina GAIIx 75 bp paired end reads from Ustreococcus touri, thereby also improving the existing assembly and showing the genome to be stably maintained in culture. Results: The 3 assemblers used, ABySS, CLCBio and Velvet, produced 95% complete genomes in 1402 to 2080 scaffolds with a very low rate of misassembly. Reciprocally, these assemblies improved the original genome assembly by filling in 930 gaps. Combined with additional analysis of raw reads and PCR sequencing effort, 1194 gaps have been solved in total adding up to 460 kb of sequence. Mapping of RNAseq II lumina data on this updated genome led to a twofold reduction in the proportion of multi-exon protein coding genes, representing 19% of the total 7699 protein coding genes. The comparison of the DNA extracted in 2001 and 2009 revealed the fixation of 8 single nucleotide substitutions and 2 deletions during the approximately 6000 generations in the lab. The deletions either knocked out or truncated two predicted transmembrane proteins, including a glutamate receptor like gene. Conclusion: High coverage (>80 fold) paired end Illumina sequencing enables a high quality 95% complete genome assembly of a compact 13 Mb haploid eukaryote. This genome sequence has remained stable for 6000 generations of lab culture.
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- EVOLUTION, BIAS, Picoeukaryote, Correctness of short reads assembly, Plant glutamate receptor, Illumina re-sequencing, Domestication of microalgae, Ostreococcus touri, Genome evolution, GREEN LINEAGE, PICOEUKARYOTE OSTREOCOCCUS, PRASINOPHYCEAE, SACCHAROMYCES, TRANSCRIPTION, CHLOROPHYTA, ALGORITHMS, EUKARYOTE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5913584
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- Blanc-Mathieu, Romain, et al. “An Improved Genome of the Model Marine Alga Ostreococcus Tauri Unfolds by Assessing Illumina de Novo Assemblies.” BMC GENOMICS, vol. 15, 2014, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-1103.
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- Blanc-Mathieu, R., Verhelst, B., Derelle, E., Rombauts, S., Bouget, F.-Y., Carre, I., … Piganeau, G. (2014). An improved genome of the model marine alga Ostreococcus tauri unfolds by assessing Illumina de novo assemblies. BMC GENOMICS, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-1103
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- Blanc-Mathieu, Romain, Bram Verhelst, Evelyne Derelle, Stephane Rombauts, François-Yves Bouget, Isabelle Carre, Annie Chateau, et al. 2014. “An Improved Genome of the Model Marine Alga Ostreococcus Tauri Unfolds by Assessing Illumina de Novo Assemblies.” BMC GENOMICS 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-1103.
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- Blanc-Mathieu, Romain, Bram Verhelst, Evelyne Derelle, Stephane Rombauts, François-Yves Bouget, Isabelle Carre, Annie Chateau, Adam Eyre-Walker, Nigel Grimsley, Hervé Moreau, Benoit Piegu, Eric Rivals, Wendy Schackwitz, Yves Van de Peer, and Gwenael Piganeau. 2014. “An Improved Genome of the Model Marine Alga Ostreococcus Tauri Unfolds by Assessing Illumina de Novo Assemblies.” BMC GENOMICS 15. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-1103.
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- 1.Blanc-Mathieu R, Verhelst B, Derelle E, Rombauts S, Bouget F-Y, Carre I, et al. An improved genome of the model marine alga Ostreococcus tauri unfolds by assessing Illumina de novo assemblies. BMC GENOMICS. 2014;15.
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- [1]R. Blanc-Mathieu et al., “An improved genome of the model marine alga Ostreococcus tauri unfolds by assessing Illumina de novo assemblies,” BMC GENOMICS, vol. 15, 2014.
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