scholarly journals Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Fortunella venosa (Champ. ex Benth.) C.C.Huang (Rutaceae): Comparative Analysis, Phylogenetic Relationships, and Robust Support for Its Status as an Independent Species

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 996
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
Ren-Ping Kuang ◽  
Xiao-Hui Wang ◽  
Xiao-Li Liang ◽  
Vincent Okelo Wanga ◽  
...  

Fortunella venosa (Rutaceae) is an endangered species endemic to China and its taxonomic status has been controversial. The genus Fortunella contains a variety of important economic plants with high value in food, medicine, and ornamental. However, the placement of Genus Fortunella into Genus Citrus has led to controversy on its taxonomy and Systematics. In this present research, the Chloroplast genome of F. venosa was sequenced using the second-generation sequencing, and its structure and phylogenetic relationship analyzed. The results showed that the Chloroplast genome size of F. venosa was 160,265 bp, with a typical angiosperm four-part ring structure containing a large single copy region (LSC) (87,597 bp), a small single copy region (SSC) (18,732 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRa\IRb) (26,968 bp each). There are 134 predicted genes in Chloroplast genome, including 89 protein-coding genes, 8 rRNAs, and 37 tRNAs. The GC-content of the whole Chloroplast genome was 43%, with the IR regions having a higher GC content than the LSC and the SSC regions. There were no rearrangements present in the Chloroplast genome; however, the IR regions showed obvious contraction and expansion. A total of 108 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were present in the entire chloroplast genome and the nucleotide polymorphism was high in LSC and SSC. In addition, there is a preference for codon usage with the non-coding regions being more conserved than the coding regions. Phylogenetic analysis showed that species of Fortunella are nested in the genus of Citrus and the independent species status of F. venosa is supported robustly, which is significantly different from F. japonica. These findings will help in the development of DNA barcodes that can be useful in the study of the systematics and evolution of the genus Fortunella and the family Rutaceae.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zerui Yang ◽  
Yuying Huang ◽  
Xiasheng Zheng ◽  
Song Huang ◽  
Lingling Liang

Lycium chinense Mill, an important Chinese herbal medicine, is emphasized as a healthy food and is widely used as a dietary supplement. Here we sequenced and analyzed the complete chloroplast (CP) genome of the L. chinense, which is 155,756 bp in length and with 37.8% GC content. This CP genome consists of a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 25,476 bp, separated by a large single-copy region (LSC) and a small single-copy region (SSC), with length of 86,595 and 18,209 bp, respectively. Annotation results revealed that the L. chinense CP genome contains 114 genes, 16 of which are duplicated genes. Most of the 85 protein-coding genes have a usual ATG start codon, except for 3 genes including rps12, psbL and ndhD. Furthermore, most of the simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are short polyadenine or polythymine repeats that contribute to the high AT content of the chloroplast genome. Revealing of the complete sequences and annotation of the L. chinense chloroplast genome will facilitate phylogenic, population and genetic engineering research investigations involving this particular species.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zerui Yang ◽  
Yuying Huang ◽  
Xiasheng Zheng ◽  
Song Huang ◽  
Lingling Liang

Lycium chinense Mill, an important Chinese herbal medicine, is emphasized as a healthy food and is widely used as a dietary supplement. Here we sequenced and analyzed the complete chloroplast (CP) genome of the L. chinense, which is 155,756 bp in length and with 37.8% GC content. This CP genome consists of a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 25,476 bp, separated by a large single-copy region (LSC) and a small single-copy region (SSC), with length of 86,595 and 18,209 bp, respectively. Annotation results revealed that the L. chinense CP genome contains 114 genes, 16 of which are duplicated genes. Most of the 85 protein-coding genes have a usual ATG start codon, except for 3 genes including rps12, psbL and ndhD. Furthermore, most of the simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are short polyadenine or polythymine repeats that contribute to the high AT content of the chloroplast genome. Revealing of the complete sequences and annotation of the L. chinense chloroplast genome will facilitate phylogenic, population and genetic engineering research investigations involving this particular species.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenchao Zhang ◽  
Zhongliang Dai ◽  
Yuemei Yao ◽  
Yongfei Pan ◽  
Guosheng Sun ◽  
...  

Abstract Backgrounds: Broccoli (Brassica. oleracea var. italica L.) is known as one of the most nutritionally rich vegetables, as well as rich in functional components that benefit to health. The main purposes of this research were sequencing, assembling and annotation of chloroplast genome of broccoli based on Illumina HiSeq2500 sequencing platform. Results: The size of the broccoli cp genome is 153,364 bp, including two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,197 bp each, separated by a small single copy (SSC) region of 17,834 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 83,136 bp. The GC content of the complete genome is 36.36%, while those of SSC, LSC, and IR are 29.1%, 34.15% and 42.35%, respectively. It harbors 134 functional genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 39 tRNAs and 8 rRNAs, with 31 duplicates in the IRs. The most abundant amino acid in the protein-coding genes is leucine, while the least is cysteine. Codon usage frequency showed bias for A/T-ending codons in the cp genome. In the repeat structure analysis, a total of 34 repeat sequences and 291 simple sequence repeat (SSRs) were detected in the work. Although cp genomic structure and size are highly conserved, the SC-IR boundary regions are variable between the 7 cp genomes. The phylogenetic relationships based on complete cp genome from 9 species suggest that B. oleracea var. italica is closely related to Brassica juncea. Conclusions: The complete cp genome sequence was obtained and annotated for broccoli for the first time. The information acquired from this research will be useful for further species identification, population genetics and biological research of broccoli.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1083-1089
Author(s):  
Yancai Shi ◽  
Shaofeng Jiang ◽  
Shilian Huang

Hybrid (Cynodonn dactylon × C. transvaalensis) is a widely distributed turfgrass and shows a great value of environment, horticulture and economic. Though, the chloroplast genome of C. dactylon has been reported, it might be helpful finding reasons that triploid bermudagrass shows a better drought and trampling tolerance than common bermudagrass through comparing chloroplast genome analysis. The present results showed the complete chloroplast genome of the C. dactylon × C. transvaalensis is 134655 bp in length. The tetramerous genome contained a large single copy (LSC) region (79,998 bp), a small single copy (SSC) region (12,517 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (42,140 bp). In the chloroplast genome, 116 genes were predicted, including 83 protein-coding, 29 tRNA and 4 rRNA genes. Furthermore, a total of 80 repeat sequences were identified. Only 0.23% intergenicnon-collinear sequences were found between the chloroplast genome of Cynodon dactylon × C. transvaalensis and Cynodon dactylon.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaila S. Yaradua ◽  
Dhafer A. Alzahrani ◽  
Enas J. Albokhary ◽  
Abidina Abba ◽  
Abubakar Bello

The complete chloroplast genome of J. flava, an endangered medicinal plant in Saudi Arabia, was sequenced and compared with cp genome of three Acanthaceae species to characterize the cp genome, identify SSRs, and also detect variation among the cp genomes of the sampled Acanthaceae. NOVOPlasty was used to assemble the complete chloroplast genome from the whole genome data. The cp genome of J. flava was 150, 888bp in length with GC content of 38.2%, and has a quadripartite structure; the genome harbors one pair of inverted repeat (IRa and IRb 25, 500bp each) separated by large single copy (LSC, 82, 995 bp) and small single copy (SSC, 16, 893 bp). There are 132 genes in the genome, which includes 80 protein coding genes, 30 tRNA, and 4 rRNA; 113 are unique while the remaining 19 are duplicated in IR regions. The repeat analysis indicates that the genome contained all types of repeats with palindromic occurring more frequently; the analysis also identified total number of 98 simple sequence repeats (SSR) of which majority are mononucleotides A/T and are found in the intergenic spacer. The comparative analysis with other cp genomes sampled indicated that the inverted repeat regions are conserved than the single copy regions and the noncoding regions show high rate of variation than the coding region. All the genomes have ndhF and ycf1 genes in the border junction of IRb and SSC. Sequence divergence analysis of the protein coding genes showed that seven genes (petB, atpF, psaI, rpl32, rpl16, ycf1, and clpP) are under positive selection. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that Justiceae is sister to Ruellieae. This study reported the first cp genome of the largest genus in Acanthaceae and provided resources for studying genetic diversity of J. flava as well as resolving phylogenetic relationships within the core Acanthaceae.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 3262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongtan Li ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Longfei Li ◽  
Lijuan Gao ◽  
Jintao Xu ◽  
...  

Pyrus hopeiensis is a valuable wild resource of Pyrus in the Rosaceae. Due to its limited distribution and population decline, it has been listed as one of the “wild plants with a tiny population” in China. To date, few studies have been conducted on P. hopeiensis. This paper offers a systematic review of P. hopeiensis, providing a basis for the conservation and restoration of P. hopeiensis resources. In this study, the chloroplast genomes of two different genotypes of P. hopeiensis, P. ussuriensis Maxin. cv. Jingbaili, P. communis L. cv. Early Red Comice, and P. betulifolia were sequenced, compared and analyzed. The two P. hopeiensis genotypes showed a typical tetrad chloroplast genome, including a pair of inverted repeats encoding the same but opposite direction sequences, a large single copy (LSC) region, and a small single copy (SSC) region. The length of the chloroplast genome of P. hopeiensis HB-1 was 159,935 bp, 46 bp longer than that of the chloroplast genome of P. hopeiensis HB-2. The lengths of the SSC and IR regions of the two Pyrus genotypes were identical, with the only difference present in the LSC region. The GC content was only 0.02% higher in P. hopeiensis HB-1. The structure and size of the chloroplast genome, the gene species, gene number, and GC content of P. hopeiensis were similar to those of the other three Pyrus species. The IR boundary of the two genotypes of P. hopeiensis showed a similar degree of expansion. To determine the evolutionary history of P. hopeiensis within the genus Pyrus and the Rosaceae, 57 common protein-coding genes from 36 Rosaceae species were analyzed. The phylogenetic tree showed a close relationship between the genera Pyrus and Malus, and the relationship between P. hopeiensis HB-1 and P. hopeiensis HB-2 was the closest.


Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1405
Author(s):  
Gurusamy Raman ◽  
SeonJoo Park

The plant “False Lily of the Valley”, Speirantha gardenii is restricted to south-east China and considered as an endemic plant. Due to its limited availability, this plant was less studied. Hence, this study is focused on its molecular studies, where we have sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of S. gardenii and this is the first report on the chloroplast genome sequence of Speirantha. The complete S. gardenii chloroplast genome is of 156,869 bp in length with 37.6% GC, which included a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) each of 26,437 bp that separated a large single-copy (LSC) region of 85,368 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,627 bp. The chloroplast genome comprises 81 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA and four rRNA unique genes. Furthermore, a total of 699 repeats and 805 simple-sequence repeats (SSRs) markers are identified in the genome. Additionally, KA/KS nucleotide substitution analysis showed that seven protein-coding genes have highly diverged and identified nine amino acid sites under potentially positive selection in these genes. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that S. gardenii species has a closer genetic relationship to the Reineckea, Rohdea and Convallaria genera. The present study will provide insights into developing a lineage-specific marker for genetic diversity and gene evolution studies in the Nolinoideae taxa.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang He ◽  
Hongtao Xiao ◽  
Cao Deng ◽  
Gang Fan ◽  
Shishang Qin ◽  
...  

The Coptis chinensis Franch. is an important medicinal plant from the Ranunculales. We used next generation sequencing technology to determine the complete chloroplast genome of C. chinensis. This genome is 155,484 bp long with 38.17% GC content. Two 26,758 bp long inverted repeats separated the genome into a typical quadripartite structure. The C. chinensis chloroplast genome consists of 128 gene loci, including eight rRNA gene loci, 28 tRNA gene loci, and 92 protein-coding gene loci. Most of the SSRs in C. chinensis are poly-A/T. The numbers of mononucleotide SSRs in C. chinensis and other Ranunculaceae species are fewer than those in Berberidaceae species, while the number of dinucleotide SSRs is greater than that in the Berberidaceae. C. chinensis diverged from other Ranunculaceae species an estimated 81 million years ago (Mya). The divergence between Ranunculaceae and Berberidaceae was ~111 Mya, while the Ranunculales and Magnoliaceae shared a common ancestor during the Jurassic, ~153 Mya. Position 104 of the C. chinensis ndhG protein was identified as a positively selected site, indicating possible selection for the photosystem-chlororespiration system in C. chinensis. In summary, the complete sequencing and annotation of the C. chinensis chloroplast genome will facilitate future studies on this important medicinal species.


Author(s):  
Umar Rehman ◽  
Nighat Sultana ◽  
Abdullah . ◽  
Abbas Jamal ◽  
Maryam Muzaffar ◽  
...  

Family Phyllanthaceae is one of the largest segregates of the eudicot order Malpighiales and its species are herb, shrub, and tree, which are mostly distributed in tropical regions. Certain taxonomic discrepancies exist at genus and family level. Here, we report chloroplast genomes of three Phyllanthaceae species—Phyllanthus emblica, Flueggea virosa, and Leptopus cordifolius— and compare them with six others previously reported Phyllanthaceae chloroplast genomes. The species of Phyllanthaceae displayed quadripartite structure, comprising inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) that separate large single copy (LSC) and small single copy (SSC) regions. The length of complete chloroplast genome ranged from 154,707 bp to 161,093 bp; LSC from 83,627 bp to 89,932 bp; IRs from 23,921 bp to 27,128 bp; and SSC from 17,424 bp to 19,441 bp. Chloroplast genomes contained 111 to 112 unique genes, including 77 to 78 protein-coding, 30 transfer RNA (tRNA), and 4 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) that showed similarities in arrangement. The number of protein-coding genes varied due to deletion/pseudogenization of rps16 genes in Baccaurea ramiflora and Leptopus cordifolius. High variability was seen in number of oligonucleotide repeats while analysis of guanine-cytosine (GC) content, codon usage, amino acid frequency, simple sequence repeats analysis, synonymous and non-synonymous substitutions, and transition and transversion substitutions showed similarities in all Phyllanthaceae species. We detected a higher number of transition substitutions in the coding sequences than non-coding sequences. Moreover, the high number of transition substitutions was determined among the distantly related species in comparison to closely related species. Phylogenetic analysis shows the polyphyletic nature of the genus Phyllanthus which requires further verification. We also determined suitable polymorphic coding genes, including rpl22, ycf1, matK, ndhF, and rps15 which may be helpful for the reconstruction of the high-resolution phylogenetic tree of the family Phyllanthaceae using a large number of species in the future. Overall, the current study provides insight into chloroplast genome evolution in Phyllanthaceae.


Author(s):  
Liu Li ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Li Xiujie ◽  
Li Bo

Vitis vinifera ‘Guifeimeigui’ is a diploid table grape, a Eurasian species. This research first reported the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of Vitis vinifera ‘Guifeimeigui’. The size of the complete cp genome is 160,928 bp and its GC content is 37.38%, including a pair of inverted repeats (26,353 bp each) separated by large (89,150 bp) and small (19,072 bp) single-copy regions. It encodes 85 genes, including 40 protein coding genes, 37 transfer RNA genes (tRNA), and 8 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA). The Maximum Likelihood (ML) phylogenetic tree demonstrated that Vitis vinifera ‘Guifeimeigui’ is close to Vitis vinifera.


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