title: Complete mitochondrial genome of an Amynthas earthworm, Amynthas aspergillus (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae).
abstract: We have determined the mitochondrial genome of the first Amynthas earthworm, Amynthas aspergillus (Perrier, 1872), which is a natural medical resource in Chinese traditional medicine. Its mitogenome is 15,115 bp in length containing 37 genes with the same contents and order as other sequenced earthworms. All genes are encoded by the same strand, all 13 PCGs use ATG as start codon. The content of A + T is 63.04% for A. aspergillus (33.41% A, 29.63% T, 14.56% G and 22.41% C). The complete mitochondrial genomes of A. aspergillus would be useful for the reconstruction of Oligochaeta polygenetic relationships.
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; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D049750:Genome, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Amynthas aspergillus; Amynthas earthworm; complete mitochondrial genome