Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the Hongkong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii Swingle)

Shi-Rong Xu; Yong-Yan Zhang; Fan Liu; Na Tian; Dong-Ming Pan; Xue-Jun Bei; Chun-Zhen Cheng

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1642166

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the Hongkong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii Swingle)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 17;4(2):2612-2613. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1642166.

Authors

Shi-Rong Xu¹, Yong-Yan Zhang¹, Fan Liu¹, Na Tian¹, Dong-Ming Pan¹, Xue-Jun Bei², Chun-Zhen Cheng¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, P. R. China.
² College of Biology and Pharmacy, Yulin Normal University, Yulin, P. R. China.

Abstract

Hongkong qumquat (Fortunella hindsii Swingle) is a wild citrus species native to China. In this study, we firstly reporteded its complete chloroplast genome using BGISEQ-500 sequencing. The chloroplast genome is 160,145 bp in size, containing a large single copy region (87,467 bp), a small single copy region (18,730 bp), and a pair of IR regions (26,974 bp). The chloroplast genome contains 112 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 29 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs. Phylogenetic maximum-likelihood analysis indicated that F. hindsii is closely related to Citrus species. The complete chloroplast genome would be subsequently used for citrus species researches.

Keywords: Fortunella hindsii; Hongkong kumquat; chloroplast genome; citrus species; phylogenetic relationship analysis.