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00. Ocean Decade - Philippines

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The UNACOM Online and Digital Enabling Library and Index is developed to support the alignment of research, investments, and community initiatives toward contributing to a well-functioning, productive, resilient, sustainable, and inspiring ocean. The goal is to enable the government, partner agencies, and UNESCO to develop more robust Science-Informed Policies and facilitate a stronger Science-Policy Interface through the gathered data, information, and knowledge related to the Ocean Decade in the Philippines.

Particularly, it aims to:
  • Gather and index all publications, reports, policies, laws, legislations, articles, and other documents of the Philippine National Committee on Marine Sciences (NCMS) related to the Ocean Decade.
  • Disseminate and promote these publications, reports, policies, and other documents on the initiatives and actions to address the Ocean Decade challenges.

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    The complete mitochondrial genome of a wild-collected Kappaphycus malesianus (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta)
    Crisostomo, Bea A.; Dumilag, Richard V.; Roleda, Michael Y.; Lluisma, Arturo O. (Taylor & Francis, 2023-03-04)
    Kappaphycus malesianus is a red seaweed farmed primarily for its carrageenan, a polysaccharide important in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Among the commercially cultivated Kappaphycus species, only K. malesianus has no mitogenome data available. Here, we assembled the mitochondrial genome of K. malesianus from next-generation sequencing data. The circular mitogenome consisted of 25,250 base pairs (bp) with a GC content of 30.25%. These values were comparable to previously sequenced solieriacean mitogenomes. Structural features, such as the stem-loop and hairpin, which were previously reported in other rhodophytes mitochondrial DNA, were also identified. The annotated genes (24 protein-coding genes, 24 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes) were arranged in an order similar to the other available solieriacean mitogenomes. Lastly, phylogenetic analysis using 23 predicted protein domains showed the sister relationship of K. malesianus with other Kappaphycus species.
    The authors are grateful to Z.-Z. Aguinaldo, S. Damsik, and J. Turong for aiding during laboratory and field works. The authors also acknowledge the LGU of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi for granting permission for the collection activities. This is contribution no. 495 from the University of the Philippines the Marine Science Institute (UPMSI), Diliman, Quezon City.