The complete plastid genome and phylogenetic analysis of Gracilaria textorii

Weizhou Chen; Tao Liu; Xianming Tang; Xuli Jia; Xiangyu Wu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1642163

The complete plastid genome and phylogenetic analysis of Gracilaria textorii

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 17;4(2):2608-2609. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1642163.

Authors

Weizhou Chen¹, Tao Liu^{2

3

4}, Xianming Tang^{2

3}, Xuli Jia⁴, Xiangyu Wu²

Affiliations

¹ Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou, People's Republic of China.
² Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
³ Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of technology for tropical seawater aquaculture, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organism, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

The complete plastid genome of Gracilaria textorii, a marine red macroalga, was determined and analyzed. The plastid genome sequence of G. textorii is 179,609 bp. It contains 237 genes, including 203 protein-encoding genes, 30 tRNA genes, 3 rRNA genes, 1 ribonuclease gene, and 1 intron inserted into the trnM gene. Phylogenetic analysis showed that G. textorii clustered together with Gracilaria salicornia, which helps the better understanding of Gracilaria evolution process.

Keywords: Gracilaria textorii; Gracilariaceae; phylogenetic analysis; plastid genome.