title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Burmese giant earthworm, Tonoscolex birmanicus (Clitellata: Megascolecidae).
abstract: Until now the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequences of only three species of clitellate have been available. We have determined the complete mitogenome sequences of the elusive Burmese giant earthworm Tonoscolex birmanicus (Clitellata: Megascolecidae), which is endemic to Myanmar. The 15,170-bp long genome contains the 37 genes typical of metazoan mitogenomes [13 protein-coding genes (PCG), 2 rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes] and 1 major non-coding region. All of the 37 genes are transcribed from the same DNA strand. The arrangement of the T. birmanicus mitogenome is identical to that of two within-ordinal species Lumbricus terrestris and Perionyx excavates. All 13 PCGs start with the ATG. For the stop codon, only six PCGs end with the TAA, whereas the remaining ones ends with the incomplete stop codon, T. Genes overlap in a total of 14 bp in five locations, and harbor a total of 16 bp of intergenic spacer sequences in nine locations.
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University , Gwangju , Republic of Korea .
authors.forename: Ah Rha
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Tin Moe
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Win
authors.forename: Iksoo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D002052:Myanmar; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Earthworm; Tonoscolex birmanicus; mitochondrial genome