Complete mitogenome of the high ethanol production fungus Fusarium oxysporum Mh2-2

Lu Zeng; Chichuan Liu; Runmao Lin; Xincong Kang; Bingyan Xie; Xingyao Xiong

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1398601

Complete mitogenome of the high ethanol production fungus Fusarium oxysporum Mh2-2

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Nov 20;2(2):814-815. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1398601.

Authors

Lu Zeng¹, Chichuan Liu², Runmao Lin^{2

3}, Xincong Kang¹, Bingyan Xie², Xingyao Xiong^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Horticulture and Landscape College, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
² Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Fusarium spp. are significantly important plant pathogens, and some of them are ethanol-producing strains. During infection and/or ethanol production, Fusarium requires a plenty of energy that is mainly provided by mitochondria. Here we report the first mitogenome from a selected Fusarium oxysporum strain mh2-2 that produces ethanol from glucose and xylose. The size of this mitogenome, 46 kb, is different from the size of any reported Fusarium mitogenome. Our results provide insight into the functions and evolution of mitochondrial genes and genomes.

Keywords: Fusarium; ethanol production; mitochondrial genome; plant infection.