title: Complete mitochondrial genome of a Pheretimoid earthworm Metaphire vulgaris (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae).
abstract: We have determined the mitochondrial genome of the first Pheretimoid earthworm, Metaphire vulgaris (Chen, 1930). This mitogenome is 15,061 bp in length containing 37 genes typical of other annelid. All genes are encoded by the same strand, ATP8 is not adjacent to ATP6, all 13 PCGs use ATG as a start codon. These features are consistent with first determined earthworm Lumbricus terrestris, but unusual among animal mtDNAs.
authors.affiliation: a School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Liangliang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Jibao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: a School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: a School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Jiangping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Complete mitochondrial genome; Metaphire vulgaris; Pheretimoid earthworm