The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae): sequence and phylogenetic analysis comparison based on whole mitogenome

Yeong-Jun Park; Chang Eon Park; Sung-Jun Hong; Byung Kwon Jung; Jerald Conrad Ibal; Gun-Seok Park; Jae-Ho Shin

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1390418

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae): sequence and phylogenetic analysis comparison based on whole mitogenome

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Oct 17;2(2):714-715. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1390418.

Authors

Yeong-Jun Park¹, Chang Eon Park¹, Sung-Jun Hong¹, Byung Kwon Jung¹, Jerald Conrad Ibal¹, Gun-Seok Park², Jae-Ho Shin^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
³ Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The larva of Galleria mellonella is widely used as a model organism for in vivo toxicology and pathogenicity testing. Here, we report complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) from G. mellonella, which is comprised of 15,320 base pairs encoding 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, and an A + T rich region. The overall base composition was G + C: 19.6%, A + T: 80.4%, with an apparent AT bias. Phylogenetic analysis using whole mitogenome revealed that G. mellonella was closely related to Corcyra cephalonica, which is in the same Pyralidae family.

Keywords: Galleria mellonella; greater wax moth; honeycomb moth.