Complete chloroplast genome of Alternanthera philoxeroides by de novo sequencing

Ping Jiang; Guangpei Xu; Yanfei He; Taotao Sun; Changli Liu; Cunwu Chen; Ruihua Zuo; Chuanbo Sun

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1931512

Complete chloroplast genome of Alternanthera philoxeroides by de novo sequencing

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jun 4;6(7):1826-1828. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1931512.

Authors

Ping Jiang^{1

2}, Guangpei Xu¹, Yanfei He¹, Taotao Sun¹, Changli Liu^{1

2}, Cunwu Chen^{1

2}, Ruihua Zuo¹, Chuanbo Sun^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an, P. R. China.
² Anhui Engineering Laboratory for Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources, Lu'an, P. R. China.

Abstract

Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is an important herbage species, which could provide high-quality feed for livestock and poultry breeding. This paper is the first to report the A. philoxeroides's chloroplast genomes, which were detected by de novo sequencing. The results showed that the length of A. philoxeroides' chloroplast genome sequence was 152,255 bp, including a large single-copy (LSC) region (84,670 bp), a small single-copy (SSC) region (17,343 bp), and two inverted repeat (IR) regions (25,121 bp). Alternanthera philoxeroides' chloroplast genome encoded 132 genes including 8 rRNA, 38 tRNA, and 86 protein-coding genes. After phylogenetic and cluster analysis, A. philoxeroides was closest to Amaranthaceae, and the relationship between Amaranthus and Achyranthes was closest.

Keywords: Alternanthera philoxeroides; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic tree.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Technical System of Chinese Medicinal Materials Industry [CARS-21]. the Key Natural Science Projects of West Anhui University in China [WXZR201932, WXZR202025], Demonstration Project of Anhui Local Science and Technology Innovation in China [202007d07050003]; Key R & D Projects in Anhui Province in China [201904f06020008].