| LRS | long-read sequencing |
| SRS | short-read sequencing |
| TGS | third-generation sequencing |
| SGS | second-generation sequencing |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| WGS | whole-genome sequencing |
| ONT | Oxford Nanopore Technology |
| PacBio | Pacific Biosciences |
| HGT | horizontal gene transfer |
| SNV | single-nucleotide variation |
| HAB | harmful algal bloom |
| BUSCO | Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs |
| T2T | telomere-to-telomere |
| MAG | metagenome-assembled genome |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| ML | machine learning |
| ITS | internal transcribed spacer |
| coi | cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 |
| CTAB | cetyltrimethylammonium bromide |
| PE | paired-end |
| SE | single-end |
| mtDNA | mitochondrial DNA |
| eDNA | environmental DNA |
| N/A | not available for this study |