The 100 Diatom Genomes Project

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The 100 Diatom Genomes Project provides a scalable genomic and transcriptomic framework for understanding diatom biodiversity, ecology, evolution, and biotechnological applications. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Thomas Möck; Gust Bilcke; Eliott Flaum; Shunan Fu; Lilian Hoch; Kevin Moog; Nadine Rijsdijk; Elizabeth C. Ruck; Ian W. Bishop; Carole Duchêne; Reuben Gilbertson; Amanda Hopes; Christopher Johns; Francesco Manfellotto; Wade R. Roberts; Nigel Belshaw; Udita Chandola; Peter Chaerle; Olga Chepurnova; Daan Deleu; Sofie D’hondt; Federica Di Costanzo; Omaya Dudin; Serena Flori; Trupti Gaikwad; Agnès Groisillier; Andrea Hall; Pengyu Ji; Louis J. Lavier-Aydat; William H. Lewis; Samuel Menicot; Eveline Pinseel; Eléonore Pottier; Krisztina Sarkozi; Arianna Smerilli; Jan Strauss; Sander Thierens; Andrew Toseland; Yousef Touhami; Robert Utting; Michiel Van Bel; Cock van Oosterhout; Yue Wu; Feng Yang; Erika Allhusen; John J. Bolton; Chris Bowler; Thorsten Brinkhoff; Anja Poehlein; Tim Brovarone; Nansheng Chen; Greg Clark; Matthew D. Clark; Dario Copetti; Zongmei Cui; Beini Deng; Jianbo Jian; Uwe John; Anne D. Jungblut; JiHeon Kang; Jon Bent Kristoffersen; JunMo Lee; Shuya Liu; David G. Mann; Linda Medlin; Vincent Moulton; Jelena Radojicic; Shinya Sato; Rosa Trobajo; Klara K. E. Wolf; Norico Yamada; Naihao Ye; Libin Zhang; Yunyun Zhuang; Gautam Dey; Valeria Di Dato; Katherine E. Helliwell; Marianne Jaubert; Peter G. Kroth; Marina Montresor; Giovanna Romano; Tatiana A. Rynearson; Jayson Talag; Klaus U. Valentin; F. Vincent; Ross F. Waller; Glen Wheeler; Andrew J. Alverson; Kerrie Barry; LoriBeth Boston; Angela Falciatore; Maria Immacolata Ferrante; Jie Guo; Jane Grimwood; Richard Hayes; Andrei Herdean; Jerry Jenkins; Min Kim; Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra; Alan Kuo

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003947

September 1, 2026PLoS BiologyOpen Access

The 100 Diatom Genomes Project

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To establish a scalable genomic and transcriptomic resource across 100 diatom species to investigate diatom biodiversity, ecology, evolution, and biotechnological potential.
Selected 100 representative diatom species spanning diverse lineages for comprehensive profiling.
Initiated high-throughput whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing across all selected taxa.
Established a broad, scalable framework to decode the genetic and evolutionary architecture of diatoms.
Generated genomic and transcriptomic resources to enable future comparative ecology and biotechnological engineering applications.

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Genomic initiative outlines sequencing frameworks in one hundred diatom species, highlighting opportunities in ecology and biotechnology.

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One hundred diatom species have been selected for genome and transcriptome sequencing.The 100 Diatom Genomes Project aims to provide a scalable framework for understanding diatom biodiversity, ecology and evolution, and for investigating their use in biotechnology.

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