title: The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Eimeria magna (Apicomplexa: Coccidia).
abstract: In the present study, we determined the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence of Eimeria magna from rabbits for the first time, and compared its gene contents and genome organizations with that of seven Eimeria spp. from domestic chickens. The size of the complete mt genome sequence of E. magna is 6249 bp, which consists of 3 protein-coding genes (cytb, cox1 and cox3), 12 gene fragments for the large subunit (LSU) rRNA, and 7 gene fragments for the small subunit (SSU) rRNA, without transfer RNA genes, in accordance with that of Eimeria spp. from chickens. The putative direction of translation for three genes (cytb, cox1 and cox3) was the same as those of Eimeria species from domestic chickens. The content of A + T is 65.16% for E. magna mt genome (29.73% A, 35.43% T, 17.09 G and 17.75% C). The E. magna mt genome sequence provides novel mtDNA markers for studying the molecular epidemiology and population genetics of Eimeria spp. and has implications for the molecular diagnosis and control of rabbit coccidiosis.
authors: a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , Heilongjiang Province , P. R. China .|b State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province , Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Lanzhou , Gansu Province , P. R. China .
authors: Si-Qin
authors: SQ
authors: Tian
authors: c College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei North University , Zhang Jiakou , Hebei Province , P. R. China , and.
authors: Ping
authors: P
authors: Cui
authors: c College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei North University , Zhang Jiakou , Hebei Province , P. R. China , and.
authors: Su-Fang
authors: SF
authors: Fang
authors: b State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province , Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Lanzhou , Gansu Province , P. R. China .|d College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University , Changsha , Hunan Province , P. R. China.
authors: Guo-Hua
authors: GH
authors: Liu
authors: a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , Heilongjiang Province , P. R. China .
authors: Chun-Ren
authors: CR
authors: Wang
authors: a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , Heilongjiang Province , P. R. China .|b State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province , Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Lanzhou , Gansu Province , P. R. China .|d College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University , Changsha , Hunan Province , P. R. China.
authors: Xing-Quan
authors: XQ
authors: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000662:veterinary; D004539:Eimeria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011817:Rabbits; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Coccidiosis; Eimeria magna; mitochondrial DNA; mitochondrial genome; rabbit