title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the monogonont rotifer, Brachionus koreanus (Rotifera, Brachionidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome was obtained from the assembled genome data sequenced by next generation sequencing (NGS) technology from the monogonont rotifer Brachionus koreanus. The mitochondrial genome of B. koreanus was composed of two circular chromosomes designated as mtDNA-I (10,421 bp) and mtDNA-II (11,923 bp). The gene contents of B. koreanus were identical with previously reported B. plicatilis mitochondrial genomes. However, gene orders of B. koreanus showed one rearrangement between the two species. Of 12 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 3 genes (ATP6, ND1, and ND3) had an incomplete stop codon. The A + T base composition of B. koreanus mitochondrial genome was high (68.81%). They also showed anti-G bias (12.03% and 10.97%) on the second and third position of PCGs as well as slight anti-C bias (15.96% and 14.31%) on the first and third position of PCGs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Environmental Bioscience, Graduate School, Hanyang University , Seoul , South Korea .
authors.forename: Dae-Sik
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Koushirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakakura
authors.forename: Heum Gi
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: Jae-Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Jae-Seong
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012403:Rotifera / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003062:Codon