title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis (Isopoda: Limnoriidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Limnoria quadripunctata, a marine wood-eating isopod crustacean, was determined from whole genome sequence data. The mitogenome is 16,503 bp in length and contains 39 genes: 13 protein-coding, 2 ribosomal RNA, 22 tRNA, two of which are repeated and a control region. The start codon most commonly used by the Limnoria protein-coding genes is ATN, as is the case in the two other available complete isopod mitogenomes. The gene arrangement differs among these complete isopod mitogenomes, as does the AT-content of H-strand protein-coding genes. The latter observations, coupled with the considerable nucleotide diversity observed between the isopod mitogenomes, support the idea that each isopod species belongs to a distinct lineage as implied by their current placement in separate suborders.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth , Portsmouth , UK .
authors.forename: Rhiannon E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.affiliation: b School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth , Portsmouth , UK .
authors.forename: Simon D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Streeter
authors.affiliation: c Department of Life Sciences , Natural History Museum , Cromwell Road , London , UK .
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.affiliation: c Department of Life Sciences , Natural History Museum , Cromwell Road , London , UK .
authors.forename: D Timothy J
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Littlewood
authors.affiliation: d BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado , Boulder , CO , USA .
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huntley
authors.affiliation: e National Bioenergy Center , and.
authors.forename: Gregg T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Beckham
authors.affiliation: f Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Golden , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Himmel
authors.affiliation: b School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth , Portsmouth , UK .
authors.forename: Simon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cragg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D033321:Isopoda / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Crustacea; gribble; mitogenome