Chromosome-level genome assembly and DNA methylation data of the oleaginous astaxanthin-producing alga Chromochloris zofingiensis (opens in new tab)

Chromochloris zofingiensis has emerged as a promising economic microalgal strain owing to its capacity for the integrated production of triacylglycerol (TAG) and astaxanthin. To advance its development as a robust model alga for studying lipid metabolism and astaxanthin biosynthesis, we performed a comprehensive genome sequencing strategy integrating Nanopore long-reads and Illumina short-reads, together with Hi-C and PacBio full-length transcriptome sequencing. This enabled an improved chrom...