The assembled contig size of nuclear genome was approximately 43 megabases (Mb). As color trait determinants, light-harvesting genes involved in the phycobilisome were predicted from the nuclear genome, and a new pathway for phycobilisome degradation was found, possibly providing a novel target to prevent color fading of Nori in aquaculture. The consortium was composed of Kyushu University, National Institute of Genetics, Hitachi Software Management and the Fisheries Research Agency, MAFF.
Yoji NAKAMURA et al., PLOS One, March 11, 2013, PLoS ONE 8(3): e57122. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057122
Public-private consortium publishs draft genome of Nori (Pyropia yezoensis), a marine red algae