A 100%-complete sequence reveals unusually simple genomic features in the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Hisayoshi Nozaki¹ , Hiroyoshi Takano² , Osami Misumi^3,4 , Kimihiro Terasawa^5,6 , Motomichi Matsuzaki¹ , Shinichiro Maruyama^1,6 , Keiji Nishida^3,4 , Fumi Yagisawa^3,4 , Yamato Yoshida^7,4 , Takayuki Fujiwara^3,4 , Susumu Takio⁸ , Katsunori Tamura⁶ , Sung Jin Chung^2,10 , Soichi Nakamura⁹ , Haruko Kuroiwa^3,4 , Kan Tanaka⁶ , Naoki Sato⁵ and Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa^3,4

¹  Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

²  Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Japan

³  Department of Life Science, College of Science, Rikkyo (St. Paul's) University, Tokyo, Japan

⁴  Research Information Center for Extremophile, Rikkyo (St. Paul's) University, Tokyo, Japan

⁵  Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

⁶  Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

⁷  Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan

⁸  Center for Marine Environment Studies, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

⁹  Laboratory of Cell and Functional Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

¹⁰  Radiation Research Center for Bio-Technology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeollabuk-do, Korea