The complete plastid genome of Grateloupia filicina (Rhodophyta) and phylogenetic analysis

Jing Zhang; Xianming Tang; Wei Zhou Chen; Tao Liu; Yue Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1524279

The complete plastid genome of Grateloupia filicina (Rhodophyta) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Oct 30;3(2):1172-1173. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1524279.

Authors

Jing Zhang¹, Xianming Tang², Wei Zhou Chen³, Tao Liu⁴, Yue Li⁵

Affiliations

¹ Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, People's Republic of China.
² Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences, Haikou, People's Republic of China.
³ Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou, People's Republic of China.
⁴ College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
⁵ WuXi NextCODE, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

In this study, we obtained the complete plastid genome of Grateloupia filicina (Lamouroux) C. Agardh using the high-throughput sequencing method. It had circular mapping organization with the length of 195,990 bp and contained 265 genes including 195 protein-coding genes, three rRNA genes, one tmRNA gene, 28 tRNA genes and 38 unidentified open reading frames (ORFs). Moreover, phylogenetic analysis revealed that G. filicina firstly clustered with Grateloupia taiwanensis. The complete plastid genome obtained in this work would be useful for further understanding the evolution of Grateloupia.

Keywords: Grateloupia filicina; phylogenetic analysis; plastid genome.