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Draft Nuclear Genome Sequence of the Liquid Hydrocarbon-Accumulating Green Microalga Botryococcus braunii Race B (Showa)

Published in:

Genome Announc 5(16) (Apr 20 2017)

Author(s):

Browne, D. R., Jenkins, J., Schmutz, J., Shu, S., Barry, K., Grimwood, J., Chiniquy, J., Sharma, A., Niehaus, T. D., Weiss, T. L., Koppisch, A. T., Fox, D. T., Dhungana, S., Okada, S., Chappell, J., Devarenne, T. P.

DOI:

10.1128/genomeA.00215-17

Abstract:

Botryococcus braunii has long been known as a prodigious producer of liquid hydrocarbon oils that can be converted into combustion engine fuels. This draft genome for the B race of B. braunii will allow researchers to unravel important hydrocarbon biosynthetic pathways and identify possible regulatory networks controlling this unusual metabolism.

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