title: Identification of the complete mitochondrial genome of the pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Decapoda: Penaeidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Litopenaeus vannamei was determined to be 15 989 bp in size, it contains 22 tRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNA genes and a D-loop region. The nucleotide composition was biased toward A + T nucleotides (67.8%) and the AT skew of this mitogenome was slightly negative (-0.025). All tRNA genes displayed a typical clover-leaf structure, except for trnS1 (AGN). Thirteen PCGs were initiated by ATN codons, except for cox1 gene which was initiated by ACG. Four of the 13 PCGs had the incomplete termination codon by T. The rrnL was 1371 bp and the rrnS was 853 bp, and the AT content of the combined rRNA genes was 70.9%. The D-loop region of the mitogenome was 985 bp in length and the A + T content was 82.7%, and no tandem repeat was found in this region. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the placement of L. vannamei was within the Penaeidae.
authors.affiliation: a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Ocean and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University , Yancheng , PR China.
authors.forename: Qiu-Ning
authors.initials: QN
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Ocean and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University , Yancheng , PR China.
authors.forename: Xin-Yue
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Ocean and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University , Yancheng , PR China.
authors.forename: Sen-Hao
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Ocean and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University , Yancheng , PR China.
authors.forename: Chun-Lin
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Ocean and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University , Yancheng , PR China.
authors.forename: Fu-Jun
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.affiliation: a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Ocean and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University , Yancheng , PR China.
authors.forename: Dai-Zhen
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Ocean and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University , Yancheng , PR China.
authors.forename: Bo-Ping
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018388:Codon, Terminator
keywords: Decapoda; Litopenaeus vannamei; Penaeidae; mitochondrial genome