Draft genome of Semisulcospira libertina, a species of freshwater snail
- Author:
Jeong-An GIM
1
;
Kyung-Wan BAEK
;
Young-Sool HAH
;
Ho Jin CHOO
;
Ji-Seok KIM
;
Jun-Il YOO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original article
- From:Genomics & Informatics 2021;19(3):e32-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Semisulcospira libertina, a species of freshwater snail, is widespread in East Asia. It is important as a food source. Additionally, it is a vector of clonorchiasis, paragonimiasis, metagonimiasis, and other parasites. Although S. libertina has ecological, commercial, and clinical importance, its whole-genome has not been reported yet. Here, we revealed the genome of S. libertina through de novo assembly. We assembled the whole-genome of S. libertina and determined its transcriptome for the first time using Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform. According to the k-mer analysis, the genome size of S. libertina was estimated to be 3.04 Gb. Using RepeatMasker, a total of 53.68% of repeats were identified in the genome assembly. Genome data of S. libertina reported in this study will be useful for identification and conservation of S. libertina in East Asia.
