Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of mangrove Bruguiera gymnorrhiza ( L.) Lam. ex Savigny

Su-Yuan Li; Yi-Chan Li; Tian-Hao Zhang; Lan-Li Qin; Yi-Dong An; Yu-Kun Pang; Guo-Feng Jiang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1914220

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of mangrove Bruguiera gymnorrhiza ( L.) Lam. ex Savigny

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jun 23;6(7):2076-2078. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1914220.

Authors

Su-Yuan Li¹, Yi-Chan Li¹, Tian-Hao Zhang¹, Lan-Li Qin¹, Yi-Dong An¹, Yu-Kun Pang¹, Guo-Feng Jiang¹

Affiliation

¹ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation and State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, PR China.

Abstract

The chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza was characterized. The cp genome length was 163,795 bp in length, with a GC content of 35.3%, containing a large single copy (LSC) of 90,830 bp, a small single copy (SSC) of 20,207 bp, and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,379 bp. The genome contained 121 genes, including 84 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. A phylogenetic analysis using cp genomes of mangroves and ecologically associated species resolved B. gymnorrhiza in Bruguiera with B. sexangula var. rhynchopetala. This complete chloroplast sequence offers a promising tool for further species identification and evolutionary studies of Bruguiera, as well as for mangroves.

Keywords: Bruguiera; Mangrove; evolution; plastid genome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 31860195], and from the Foundation of ‘BaGui Scholar’ [grant number C33600992001] and Bagui Young Scholarship of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.