Complete mitochondrial genome of the house bat Pipistrellus abramus (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Korea

Ji Young Kim; Hye Ri Kim; Sang Jin Lim; Hyun Ju Kim; Jae Youl Cho; Yung Chul Park

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1365644

Complete mitochondrial genome of the house bat Pipistrellus abramus (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Aug 17;2(2):540-541. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1365644.

Authors

Ji Young Kim¹, Hye Ri Kim², Sang Jin Lim¹, Hyun Ju Kim³, Jae Youl Cho⁴, Yung Chul Park¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Forest Science, College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea.
² Ecosystem Research Division, National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
³ Microbial Safety Team, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

We determined and annotated the complete mitogenome of the house bat Pipistrellus abramus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Korea. The complete mitogenome is a circular molecule of 17,236 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 2 non-coding regions (L-strand replication origin and control region). The mitogenome is AT-biased, with a nucleotide composition of 33.7% A, 29.9% T, 23.2% C, and 13.2% G. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the house bat P. abramus from Korea is well grouped with that from Japan and placed within the genus Pipistrellus clade, which has the noctule bat Nyctalus as sister clade.

Keywords: Complete mitogenome; Korean house bat; Pipistrellus abramus.