Complete mitochondrial genome of agar-producing red alga Gracilariopsis chorda (Gracilariales). (October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Eun Chan; Kim, Kyeong Mi; Kim, Su Yeon; Yoon, Hwan Su
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 25:Number 5(2014:Oct.)
• Page Start: 339
• Page End: 341
• Publication Date: 2014-10
• Subjects: Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; Mitochondrial DNA -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Nucleotide sequence -- Periodicals; Gene mapping -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.800502
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-1736

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of <italic>Gracilariopsis chorda</italic> (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta), which is an agar-producing economic red algal species distributed in the northwest Pacific. The mitogenome is 26, 534 bp in length with 27.7% GC content that consists of 52 genes including 26 protein-coding, 2 rRNA and 24 tRNA genes. We compared <italic>G. chorda</italic> mitogenome with that of recently published <italic>G. lemaneiformis</italic>. Nucleotide sequence similarity between these two mitogenomes was 99.82%, however, there was significant difference in length caused by <italic>trnR trnS</italic> and <italic>trnY</italic> genes missing in <italic>G. lemaneiformis</italic>.</p> </abstract>