Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Corynespora cassiicola (Pleosporales: Dothideomycetes), with its phylogenetic analysis

Cheng Chen; Qiang Li; Rongtao Fu; Jian Wang; Zhonghan Fan; Xuejuan Chen; Daihua Lu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1662753

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Corynespora cassiicola (Pleosporales: Dothideomycetes), with its phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Sep 6;4(2):2938-2939. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1662753.

Authors

Cheng Chen^{1

2}, Qiang Li³, Rongtao Fu^{1

2}, Jian Wang^{1

2}, Zhonghan Fan^{1

2}, Xuejuan Chen^{1

2}, Daihua Lu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Plant Protection, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China.
² Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China.
³ College of Pharmacy and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China.

Abstract

Corynespora cassiicola is a well-known plant pathogen with a broad host range and diverse lifestyles. In this study, we presented the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of C. cassiicola for the first time. It has a total length of 40,752 bp, which encodes 17 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), and 27 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. The nucleotide composition of the mitogenome is: A (36.24%), T (34.62%), G (15.74%), and C (13.39%). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that C. cassiicola has a close relationship with Didymella pinodes from Didymellaceae.

Keywords: Corynespora cassiicola; mitogenome; phylogenetic analysis.