title: Complete mitochondrial genome of agar-producing red alga Gracilariopsis chorda (Gracilariales).
abstract: Abstract We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of Gracilariopsis chorda (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 G. chorda mitogenome with that of recently published G. lemaneiformis. Nucleotide sequence similarity between these two mitogenomes was 99.82%, however, there was significant difference in length caused by trnR trnS and trnY genes missing in G. lemaneiformis.
authors.affiliation: Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology , Ansan , Republic of Korea .
authors.forename: Eun Chan
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kyeong Mi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Su Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hwan Su
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yoon
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar / Q000378:metabolism*; D001482:Base Composition; D048028:DNA, Algal / Q000032:analysis; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D048028:DNA, Algal; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D000362:Agar
keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Florideophyceae; Gracilariales; Gracilariopsis chorda; Rhodophyta