Genome Assemblies and Sequences for Two Cryptic Marine Ciliates

Two genome assemblies and associated sequences support a study on cryptic species delineation in marine ciliates. The data includes micronuclear genome assemblies, macronuclear transcriptome assemblies, and rRNA barcode sequences for Schmidingerella arcuata and Schmidingerella meunieri. It was published by Susan A. Smith et al. in Molecular Ecology Resources in 2022.

Use Cases

• Comparative genomics analysis based on the micronuclear genome assemblies for two congeneric species.
• Transcriptome analysis based on the macronuclear transcriptome assemblies.
• Species delineation and barcoding studies based on the provided SSU, LSU, and ITS rRNA sequences.
• Primer design and validation based on the isolate-specific primer sequences.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in Molecular Ecology Resources (DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13664).
• Includes multiple data types: genome assemblies, transcriptomes, and specific barcode sequences.
• Publicly accessible via NCBI BioProjects PRJNA829814 and PRJNA828278 and FigShare.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, structure, and scale require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the publication or data files.
• Row count and file sizes are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analyses.

Provenance

Source

NCBI GenBank and FigShare, as per the publication's Data Availability Statement.

Collection Method

Likely generated via genome sequencing and assembly for the study.