date:Dec 09, 2013
The University of the Sunshine Coast together with scientists from Macquarie University, USC, the NSW Department of Primary Industries and the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, have formed a consortium to sequence the entire genome of the oyster, Saccostrea glomerata - The commercial farming of which represents NSW largest aquaculture industry, producing approximately half of the edible oysters sold across the nation.
According to Macquarie University Professor in Marine Science, David Raftos