bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.21.211367; this version posted July 22, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in 2 the coral-associated alga Ostreobium 3 4 Cintia Ihaa*, Javier A. Varelab, Viridiana Avilac, Christopher J. Jacksona, Kenny A. Bogaertd, 5 Yibi Chene, Louise M. Juddf, Ryan Wickf, Kathryn E. Holtf,g, Marisa M. Pasellaa, Francesco 6 Riccia, Sonja I. Repettia, Mónica Medinac, Vanessa R. Marcelinoh, Cheong X. Chane, Heroen 7 Verbruggena* 8 9 aSchool of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia 10 bSchool of Microbiology/Centre for Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology/Environmental 11 Research Institute/APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork T12 YN60, 12 Ireland 13 cPennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA 14 dPhycology Research Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Gent, Belgium 15 eSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The 16 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia 17 fDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, 18 3004, Australia 19 gLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK 20 hCentre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 21 Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia 22 23 24 *corresponding author:
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