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Phylum:

Ascomycota

Estimated genome size:

Flamentous fungus

Organism size:

Flamentous fungus

Distribution:

South Africa, Australia and the USA.

PromethION Sequencing Report:

Output:

1.64 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

1.88 kilobases

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Genome Length:

0.04 Gigabases (36.66 million bases)

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

98.9% [S: 98.8%, D: 0%]

Importance:

The species was recently described, isolated from South Africa.

Sample Contributor contact details:

Cobus Visagie
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
University of Pretoria

Phylum:

Chordata

Estimated genome size:

782 Million DNA base pairs (0,782 Giga bases)

Organism size:

65 cm TL

Distribution:

Endemic to southern Africa and is currently known from the southern
Mozambique to Struisbaai, Western Cape.

P2Solo Sequencing Report:

Output:

74,7 Gigabases

Approximate N50:

12,8 kilobases

Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:

Genome Length:

744.94 Mb

BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):

99.6%

Pachymetopon grande

Bronze seabream

Species Card Details

Importance:

An important species to the recreational and small scale fishing sector. Listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Redlist.

Sample Contributor contact details:

Dr Gwynneth Matcher
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

Date Published:

2024-05-07

Awaiting DOI

Photo credit:

© B Mann

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