The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Neorhodomela munita

Zilin Jiang; Ruoran Li; Yutong Cui; Xuli Jia; Tao Liu; Xumin Wang; Jiangyong Qu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1966343

The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Neorhodomela munita

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Aug 25;6(9):2746-2747. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1966343. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Zilin Jiang¹, Ruoran Li¹, Yutong Cui¹, Xuli Jia², Tao Liu², Xumin Wang¹, Jiangyong Qu¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, PR China.
² Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of Marine Organism, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, PR China.

Abstract

Neorhodomela munita (Perestenko) Masuda 1982 is distributed in the coastal areas of Shandong and Liaoning in China, and also in Japan. In this study, the complete nucleotide sequence of the circular mitochondrial DNA of the red alga Neorhodomela munita has been determined. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Neorhodomela munita was 25,318 bp in length with an overall GC content of 25.1% and encoded 23 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs and 24 transfer RNAs. Phylogenetic tree showed that Neorhodomela munita clustered together with Choreocolax polysiphoniae. The phylogenetic analysis may provide a better understanding of the evolution of the Rhodophyta species.

Keywords: Neorhodomela munita; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Asian Cooperation Fund Program and Focus on research and development plan in Shandong province under Grant No.2019GHZ026.