Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Caulerpa cupressoides (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta)

Hong Yan; Yuan Yuan; Qiang Qiu; Dahai Gao

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1501294

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Caulerpa cupressoides (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Aug 13;3(2):876-878. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1501294.

Authors

Hong Yan^{1

2}, Yuan Yuan^{1

2}, Qiang Qiu^{1

2}, Dahai Gao³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
² Qingdao Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Qingdao, China.
³ Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.

Abstract

Caulerpa cupressoides (Vahl) C. Agardh is a widely distributed tropical green algae. The circular chloroplast genome was 130,895 bp in length, with a GC content of 34%. In total, 99 genes were identified and they were consisted of 63 coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 6 rRNA genes. This chloroplast genome did not show an obvious quadripartite structure. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that C. cupressoides, C. racemosa, and Tydemania expeditionis were close relatives, with high bootstrap values. The characterized complete chloroplast genome of C. cupressoides will provide essential date for further studies of Bryopsidales.

Keywords: Bryopsidales; Caulerpa cupressoides; chloroplast genome.