Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering

ExMODE: A comprehensive resource for extremophile genomic and functional exploration

ExMODE (https://db.genomics.cn/exmode/) integrates 3518 samples to build a unified extremophile resource, which hosts 1.35 billion habitat-specific non-redundant genes, 5.25 million representative protein structures, 67,026 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), and 164,132 biosynt...

First mitogenome-based phylogenetic analysis and divergence time estimation of deep-sea elasipodid sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea: Elasipodida)

Elasipodida is a major deep-sea holothuroid order, and distributed across depths ranging from 350 m to 7,000 m. Its high species diversity and extensive bathymetric range make it a key model system for investigating the evolutionary processes and adaptive radiation of deep-sea fa...