Complete mitochondrial genome of the American bullfrog in Korea, Lithobates catesbeianus (Anura: Ranidae)

Jae-I Moon; Kyo Soung Koo; Hee-Jin Kang; Hye-Rin Park; Ha-Cheol Seong; Dong-Hyun Lee

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1715306

Complete mitochondrial genome of the American bullfrog in Korea, Lithobates catesbeianus (Anura: Ranidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 20;5(1):750-751. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1715306.

Authors

Jae-I Moon¹, Kyo Soung Koo², Hee-Jin Kang¹, Hye-Rin Park¹, Ha-Cheol Seong^{2

3}, Dong-Hyun Lee^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
² Research Center of Ecomimetics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of Lithobates catesbeianus was sequenced and characterized. The circular mt genome was constituted of of 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs) and a non-coding region (NCR). Phylogenetic analysis based on the full mt genome sequences confirmed that among the genus Lithobates, L. catesbeianus Korea is included in a monophyletic group with L. catesbeianus China, but not with either L. catesbeianus Japan or L. catesbeianus Canada. This is the first completed mt genome from L. catesbeianus Korea, which provide data for further study of phylogeny in Lithobates spp. that have been introduced into a number of different countries originally from North America.

Keywords: Lithobates catesbeianus Korea; Ranidae; mitochondrial genome.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [grant number: NRF-2017R1A2B4007852] and by the Project for the Development of Biological Diversity Threats Outbreak Management Technology [RE201807039].