The complete mitochondrial genome of the aquatic coralsnake Micrurus surinamensis (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae)

Anita de Moura Pessoa; Rhewter Nunes; Mariana Pires de Campos Telles; Koki Nishitsuji; Kanako Hisata; Steven D Aird; Alexander S Mikheyev; Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1699460

The complete mitochondrial genome of the aquatic coralsnake Micrurus surinamensis (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 13;5(1):233-235. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1699460.

Authors

Anita de Moura Pessoa¹, Rhewter Nunes², Mariana Pires de Campos Telles^{1

2

3}, Koki Nishitsuji⁴, Kanako Hisata⁴, Steven D Aird^{5

6}, Alexander S Mikheyev⁶, Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr^{1

3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil.
² Laboratório de Genética & Biodiversidade, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil.
³ Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil.
⁴ Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa-ken, Japan.
⁵ Division of Faculty Affairs, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa-ken, Japan.
⁶ Ecology and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa-ken, Japan.
⁷ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Escola de Ciências Médicas, Biomédica e Farmacêuticas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil.

Abstract

In this study, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Aquatic Coralsnake Micrurus surinamensis. The mitochondrial genome lengthis 17,375 bp, comprising 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA (12S and 16S) and 22 tRNA, as well as two typical control regions. Phylogenetic analysis based upon 13 protein-coding genes showed clusters based on terrestrial and marine species.

Keywords: Mitochondrion; Snake genomics; elapid snakes.

Grants and funding

LCT and NJSJr’s research is supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) productivity grants [Processes 306418/2013-4 and 309443/2013-0, respectively]. The research by CTC was supported by the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation of UFG and CNPq Registration in the Sistema Nacional de Gestão do Patrimônio Genético e do Conhecimento Tradicional Associado no. AB3953F. RN received a grant from the National Institute of Science and Technology – Ecology, Evolution and Conservation of Biodiversity.