Species

Crassostrea gigas

[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Ostreoidea | Ostreidae | Crassostrea ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Protostomia | Lophotrochozoa | Mollusca | Bivalvia | Pteriomorphia | Ostreoida | Ostreoidea | Ostreidae | Crassostrea Common: Pacific oyster (German: Pazifische Auster) Comment: Oysters (Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea gigas) and their accompanying reef structure are a vital component of benthic communities in estuarine systems that a) provide physical substrates for colonization and aggregation, and b) filter and process particulates and nutrients, which can impact water quality, productivity and plankton composition. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (29159) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: (GIGA)nDB: Genomic data from the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). BaNG Nematode and Neglected Genomics: MolluscDB International TSA Sequencing Consortium: Crassostrea gigas TSA Sequencing Consortium National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Eukaryotic Genomes Project The Marine Genomics Project: Crassostrea gigas Publications: Lim HJ, Lim JS, Lee JS et. al. (2016) Transcriptome profiling of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas by Illumina RNA-seq Genes & Genomics 38, 359–365. 10.1007/s13258-015-0376-0 Zhang G, Fang X, Guo X et. al. (2012) Genomic data from the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). GigaScience. 10.5524/100030 Zhang G, Fang X, Guo X et. al. (2012) The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation. Nature 490, 49-54. 10.1038/nature11413 Genome files National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 2011-07-25 100 33.4 491.9 30459 - 31 Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2011-07-25 100 33.4 491.9 7658 - 401 TSA v 1.0.0 2015-11-20 - 44.3 58.0 41369 -