title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the giant African snail Achatina fulica (Mollusca: Achatinidae).
abstract: We present the complete mitochondrial genome of the Achatina fulica in this study. The results show that the mitochondrial genome is 15,057 bp in length, which is comprised of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 21 tRNA genes. The nucleotide compositions of the light strand are 35.47% of A, 27.97% of T 19.46% of C, and 17.10% of G. Except the ND3, 7 tRNA, ATP6, ATP8, COX3 and 12S-rRNA on the light strand, the rest are encoded on the heavy strand. Five types of inferred initiation codons are ATA (ND1, ND5), GTG (ND6), ATG (COX3, COX2), ATT (ND4) and TTG (COX1, ND2, ND3, ND4L, ATP6, ATP8, Cytb), and 3 types of inferred termination codons are T (COX3, ND2), TAA (ND1, ND4L, ND5, ND6, ATP6), and TAG (ND3, ND4, COX1, COX2, Cytb, ATP8). There are 24 intergenic spacers and 6 gene overlaps. The tandem repeat sequence (total 52 bp) of (AATAATT)n is observed in 16S-rRNA. Gene arrangement and distribution are inconsistent with the typical vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Huirong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Ecology, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , P.R. China , and.|c Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics , Ministry of Agriculture , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jia-En
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Ecology, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Ecology, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Zhixin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Ecology, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Ecology, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Mingzhu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Ecology, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , P.R. China , and.|c Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics , Ministry of Agriculture , Guangzhou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Benliang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D012908:Snails / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Achatina fulica; Achatinidae; NGS techniques; mitochondrial genome