The complete mitochondrial genome of an oil-rich microalga Parachlorella kessleri TY (Chlorophyta)

Li Ji; Fang-Ru Nan; Shu-Lian Xie; Yuan Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1952118

The complete mitochondrial genome of an oil-rich microalga Parachlorella kessleri TY (Chlorophyta)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jul 15;6(8):2408-2409. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1952118. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Li Ji¹, Fang-Ru Nan², Shu-Lian Xie², Yuan Li¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan, PR China.
² School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, PR China.

Abstract

Parachlorella kessleri TY isolated from the lawn soil belongs to Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta. The complete mitogenome of P. kessleri sequenced and described. It is a circular duplex molecule 64,744 bp in length consisting of 28 protein-coding genes, 23 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, four ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and one putative open reading frames (ORFs). Phylogenetic analysis places P. kessleri mitogenome in a branch sister to Picochlorum sp., Lobosphaera incisa, and Chloroparvula sp., clade in which Picochlorum as P. kessleri also reported as oil-rich green microalgae.

Keywords: Parachlorella kessleri; complete mitogenome; genetic information.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi [2019L0613] and Fund Program for the Scientific Activities of Selected Returned Overseas Professionals in Shanxi Province [2018 to Ji L].