The complete mitochondrial genome of long-tailed whiskered bat, Myotis frater (Myotis, Vespertilionidae)

Chul-Un Chung; Sung-Chul Kim; Young-Shin Jeon; Sang-Hoon Han; Jeong-Nam Yu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1467740

The complete mitochondrial genome of long-tailed whiskered bat, Myotis frater (Myotis, Vespertilionidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 May 11;3(2):570-571. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1467740.

Authors

Chul-Un Chung¹, Sung-Chul Kim¹, Young-Shin Jeon¹, Sang-Hoon Han², Jeong-Nam Yu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Science, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, South Korea.
² National Institute of Biological Resources, Inheon, South Korea.
³ Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju-si, South Korea.

Abstract

Here, we report the complete mitogenome of Myotis frater with the GenBank accession number MH177276 as a first step to elucidate genetic characteristics of this species. Its mitogenome was 17,089 bp long and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and a control region. The gene order and composition of M. frater was similar to that of most other vertebrates. The base composition of the 13 PCG in descending order was A (33.8%), C (22.7%), T (30.4%), and G (13.1%), with an AT content of 64.2%. Four overlapping regions in ATP8/ATP6, ATP6/COX3, ND4L/ND4, and ND5/ND6, among the 13 PCGs were found. The 935 bp long control region is located between tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe with 4 ATTACATAATACATTATATGTATAATCGTACATTAAATTAACTCCCACATGAATATTAAGCATGTCCATACTAATATTAAT-repeat at 5' region and 45 ACGCAT-repeat at 3' terminus. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that M. frater is most closely related to M. bechsteinii (KX757757), it was supported by 100% bootstrap under both ML and NJ tree.

Keywords: Myotis frater; long-tailed whiskered bat; mitogenome.