Abstract
The edible jelly fungus Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacrymycetaceae) is wood-decaying and can be commonly found worldwide. It has found application in food additives, given its ability to synthesize long-chain glycolipids, among other uses. In this study, we present the genome assembly of D. spathularia using a combination of PacBio HiFi reads and Omni-C data. The genome size is 29.2 Mb. It has high sequence contiguity and completeness, with a scaffold N50 of 1.925 Mb and a 92.0% BUSCO score. A total of 11,510 protein-coding genes and 474.7 kb repeats (accounting for 1.62% of the genome) were predicted. The D. spathularia genome assembly generated in this study provides a valuable resource for understanding their ecology, such as their wood-decaying capability, their evolutionary relationships with other fungi, and their unique biology and applications in the food industry.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | GigaByte |
| Volume | 2024 |
| Online published | 25 Apr 2024 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Funding
This work was funded and supported by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council Collaborative Research Fund (C4015-20EF), CUHK Strategic Seed Funding for Collaborative Research Scheme (3133356) and CUHK Group Research Scheme (3110154).
Research Keywords
- Genetics and Genomics
- Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
Publisher's Copyright Statement
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RGC Funding Information
- RGC-funded