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The complete mitochondrial genome of Echiniscus testudo (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).

ABSTRACT: The complete mitchondrial genome of Echiniscus testudo, a cosmopolitan heterotardigrade collected in Japan, has been sequenced using a single molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing long read after whole genome amplification from a single individual. The genome has a total length of 15,817?bp, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 20 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes, and an AT-rich control region. The nucleotide composition was extremely AT-rich, with 78.41% AT. Being in a different class of the phylum Tardigrada, there is a large sequence divergence from the previously reported mitochondrial genome of the eutardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus, but the gene order of protein-coding genes are mostly conserved. This is the first report of a complete mitochondrial genome of a heterotardigrade.

SUBMITTER: Arakawa K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7800542 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The complete mitochondrial genome of <i>Echiniscus testudo</i> (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).

Arakawa Kazuharu K

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 20180801 2

The complete mitchondrial genome of <i>Echiniscus testudo</i>, a cosmopolitan heterotardigrade collected in Japan, has been sequenced using a single molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing long read after whole genome amplification from a single individual. The genome has a total length of 15,817 bp, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 20 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes, and an AT-rich control region. The nucleotide composition was extremely AT-rich, with 78.41% AT. Being in a different class of the phylum T ...[more]

PMID: 33474331

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The complete mitochondrial genome of Echiniscus testudo (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).

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The complete mitochondrial genome of <i>Echiniscus testudo</i> (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).

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