Draft Genome Sequence of the Astaxanthin-Producing Microalga Haematococcus lacustris Strain NIES-144

Daichi Morimoto; Takashi Yoshida; Shigeki Sawayama

doi:10.1128/MRA.00128-20

Draft Genome Sequence of the Astaxanthin-Producing Microalga Haematococcus lacustris Strain NIES-144

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jun 4;9(23):e00128-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00128-20.

Authors

Daichi Morimoto¹, Takashi Yoshida², Shigeki Sawayama¹

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan morimoto.daichi.65r@kyoto-u.jp sawayama.shigeki.g22@kyoto-u.jp.
² Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Abstract

Haematococcus lacustris is an industrially important eukaryotic microalga that is thought to be a great source of natural astaxanthin with strong antioxidant activity. Here, we report the draft assembly and annotation results of the genome of H. lacustris NIES-144. These data will expand our knowledge of the molecular biological features of this microalga.