The complete mitochondrial genome of Sinularia maxima Verseveldt, 1971 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) using next-generation sequencing

You Chen; Ya-Ting Dan; Hao Lu; Pei-Zheng Wang; Alireza Asem; Weidong Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674740

The complete mitochondrial genome of Sinularia maxima Verseveldt, 1971 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) using next-generation sequencing

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Oct 7;4(2):3425-3426. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1674740.

Authors

You Chen¹, Ya-Ting Dan², Hao Lu³, Pei-Zheng Wang¹, Alireza Asem², Weidong Li²

Affiliations

¹ College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya, China.
² College of Fisheries and Life Sciences, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya, China.
³ College of Ocean, Hainan University, Haikou, China.

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome of Sinularia maxima was completed using next-generation sequencing (NGS) method. The mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 18,730 bp in length. The gene arrangements include 14 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 tRNA (tRNA-Met). The base composition is 30.18% A, 16.47% C, 19.35% G, and 33.99% T, with an A + T content of 64.18%. With regard to the phylogenetic analysis, members of genus Sinularia were clustered in different clades.

Keywords: Mitogenome; Sinularia maxima; protein-coding genes; ribosomal RNA genes; soft coral; transfer RNA genes.