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Lubna, Asaf S, Khan I, Jan R, Asif S, Bilal S, Kim KM, Al-Harrasi A. Genetic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the Nigella sativa (black seed) plastome. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14509. [PMID: 38914674 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65073-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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In this study, the complete plastome sequence of Nigella sativa (black seed), was analyzed for the first time. The plastome spans approximately 154,120 bp, comprising four sections: the Large Single-Copy (LSC) (85,538 bp), the Small Single-Copy (SSC) (17,984 bp), and two Inverted Repeat (IR) regions (25,299 bp). A comparative study of N. sativa's plastome with ten other species from various genera in the Ranunculaceae family reveals substantial structural variations. The contraction of the inverted repeat region in N. sativa influences the boundaries of single-copy regions, resulting in a shorter plastome size than other species. When comparing the plastome of N. sativa with those of its related species, significant divergence is observed, particularly except for N. damascena. Among these, the plastome of A. glaucifolium displays the highest average pairwise sequence divergence (0.2851) with N. sativa, followed by A. raddeana (0.2290) and A. coerulea (0.1222). Furthermore, the study identified 12 distinct hotspot regions characterized by elevated Pi values (> 0.1). These regions include trnH-GUG-psbA, matK-trnQ-UUG, psbK-trnR-UCU, atpF-atpI, rpoB-psbD, ycf3-ndhJ, ndhC-cemA, petA-psaJ, trnN-GUU-ndhF, trnV-GAC-rps12, ycf2-trnI-CAU, and ndhA-ycf1. Approximately, 24 tandem and 48 palindromic and forward repeats were detected in N. sativa plastome. The analysis revealed 32 microsatellites with the majority being mononucleotide repeats. In the N. sativa plastome, phenylalanine had the highest number of codons (1982 codons), while alanine was the least common amino acid with 260 codons. A phylogenetic tree, constructed using protein-coding genes, revealed a distinct monophyletic clade comprising N. sativa and N. damascene, closely aligned with the Cimicifugeae tribe and exhibiting robust support. This plastome provides valuable genetic information for precise species identification, phylogenetic resolution, and evolutionary studies of N. sativa.
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- Lubna
- Natural and Medical Science Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
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- Natural and Medical Science Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Natural and Medical Science Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
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- Natural and Medical Science Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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Zheng W, Liu J, Zhao W, Zhao Z, Lan Z, Wen J. The complete chloroplast genomes of three Alismataceae species, including the medicinally important Alisma orientale. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2024; 9:385-389. [PMID: 38562439 PMCID: PMC10984228 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2320419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Alismataceae is one of the early diverged families of monocotyledonous plants. We report the complete chloroplast genomes of three Alisma species, including Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juzep. 1934, A. subcordatum Raf. 1908, and A. triviale Pursh 1813, of which A. orientale is a traditional Chinese medical plant used widely to treat diuretics, diabetes, hepatitis, and inflammation. We sequenced the complete chloroplast genomes with the Illumina Nova-Seq 6000 platform using herbarium collections. The chloroplast genomes of A. orientale, A. subcordatum and A. triviale are 159,861 bp, 160,180 bp, and 159,727 bp in length, respectively. The three chloroplast genomes each contain 113 genes, including four rRNAs, 30 tRNAs genes, and 79 protein-coding genes, and the average GC content is 36.0%. Based on the whole chloroplast genomes of 19 species of Alismataceae and the close allies, the medicinally important A. orientale was found to be closely related to another medicinal plant Alisma plantago-aquatica L. 1753 in the phylogenetic analysis. The genus Alisma was supported to be monophyletic.
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- Wen Zheng
- School of Pharmacy/College of Modern Chinese Medicine Industry, State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- School of Pharmacy/College of Modern Chinese Medicine Industry, State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Pharmacy/College of Modern Chinese Medicine Industry, State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- School of Pharmacy/College of Modern Chinese Medicine Industry, State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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Park H, Park JH, Kang YJ. Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Wolffia arrhiza and comparative genomic analysis with relative Wolffia species. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5873. [PMID: 38467810 PMCID: PMC10928178 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56394-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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Lemnoideae, commonly referred to as the duckweed, are aquatic plants found worldwide. Wolffia species are known for their extreme reduction in size and complexity, lacking both roots and leaves, and they hold the distinction of being the smallest plants among angiosperms. Interestingly, it belongs to the Araceae family, despite its apparent morphological differences from land plants in the same family. Traditional morphological methods have limitations in classifying these plants, making molecular-level information essential. The chloroplast genome of Wolffia arrhiza is revealed that a total length of 169,602 bp and a total GC content of 35.78%. It follows the typical quadripartite structure, which includes a large single copy (LSC, 92,172 bp) region, a small single copy (SSC, 13,686 bp) region, and a pair of inverted repeat (IR, 31,872 bp each) regions. There are 131 genes characterized, comprising 86 Protein-Coding Genes, 37 Transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and 8 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. Moreover, 48 simple sequence repeats and 32 long repeat sequences were detected. Comparative analysis between W. arrhiza and six other Lemnoideae species identified 12 hotspots of high nucleotide diversity. In addition, a phylogenetic analysis was performed using 14 species belonging to the Araceae family and one external species as an outgroup. This analysis unveiled W. arrhiza and Wolffia globosa as closely related sister species. Therefore, this research has revealed the complete chloroplast genome data of W. arrhiza, offering a more detailed understanding of its evolutionary position and phylogenetic categorization within the Lemnoideae subfamily.
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- Halim Park
- Division of Bio and Medical Bigdata Department (BK4 Program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Bio and Medical Bigdata Department (BK4 Program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea.
- Division of Life Science Department at Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
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Lubna, Asaf S, Jan R, Asif S, Bilal S, Khan AL, Al-Rawahi AN, Kim KM, Al-Harrasi A. The complete plastome sequences of invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus: genome organization, evolutionary significance, structural features, and comparative analysis. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4006. [PMID: 38369569 PMCID: PMC10874969 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54503-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Parthenium hysterophorus, a globally widespread weed, poses a significant threat to agricultural ecosystems due to its invasive nature. We investigated the chloroplast genome of P. hysterophorus in this study. Our analysis revealed that the chloroplast genome of P. hysterophorus spans a length of 151,881 base pairs (bp). It exhibits typical quadripartite structure commonly found in chloroplast genomes, including inverted repeat regions (IR) of 25,085 bp, a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,052 bp, and a large single copy (LSC) region of 83,588 bp. A total of 129 unique genes were identified in P. hysterophorus chloroplast genomes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 36 tRNAs, and eight rRNAs genes. Comparative analysis of the P. hysterophorus plastome with those of related species from the tribe Heliantheae revealed both conserved structures and intriguing variations. While many structural elements were shared among the species, we identified a rearrangement in the large single-copy region of P. hysterophorus. Moreover, our study highlighted notable gene divergence in several specific genes, namely matK, ndhF, clpP, rps16, ndhA, rps3, and ndhD. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 72 shared genes placed P. hysterophorus in a distinct clade alongside another species, P. argentatum. Additionally, the estimated divergence time between the Parthenium genus and Helianthus (sunflowers) was approximately 15.1 million years ago (Mya). These findings provide valuable insights into the evolutionary history and genetic relationships of P. hysterophorus, shedding light on its divergence and adaptation over time.
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- Lubna
- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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- Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Sugar Land, TX, 77479, USA
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
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Song BN, Liu CK, Zhao AQ, Tian RM, Xie DF, Xiao YL, Chen H, Zhou SD, He XJ. Phylogeny and diversification of genus Sanicula L. (Apiaceae): novel insights from plastid phylogenomic analyses. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:70. [PMID: 38263006 PMCID: PMC10807117 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04750-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND The genus Sanicula L. is a unique perennial herb that holds important medicinal values. Although the previous studies on Sanicula provided us with a good research basis, its taxonomic system and interspecific relationships have not been satisfactorily resolved, especially for those endemic to China. Moreover, the evolutionary history of this genus also remains inadequately understood. The plastid genomes possessing highly conserved structure and limited evolutionary rate have proved to be an effective tool for studying plant phylogeny and evolution. RESULTS In the current study, we newly sequenced and assembled fifteen Sanicula complete plastomes. Combined with two previously reported plastomes, we performed comprehensively plastid phylogenomics analyses to gain novel insights into the evolutionary history of this genus. The comparative results indicated that the seventeen plastomes exhibited a high degree of conservation and similarity in terms of their structure, size, GC content, gene order, IR borders, codon bias patterns and SSRs profiles. Such as all of them displayed a typical quadripartite structure, including a large single copy region (LSC: 85,074-86,197 bp), a small single copy region (SSC: 17,047-17,132 bp) separated by a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs: 26,176-26,334 bp). And the seventeen plastomes had similar IR boundaries and the adjacent genes were identical. The rps19 gene was located at the junction of the LSC/IRa, the IRa/SSC junction region was located between the trnN gene and ndhF gene, the ycf1 gene appeared in the SSC/IRb junction and the IRb/LSC boundary was located between rpl12 gene and trnH gene. Twelve specific mutation hotspots (atpF, cemA, accD, rpl22, rbcL, matK, ycf1, trnH-psbA, ycf4-cemA, rbcL-accD, trnE-trnT and trnG-trnR) were identified that can serve as potential DNA barcodes for species identification within the genus Sanicula. Furthermore, the plastomes data and Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences were performed to reconstruct the phylogeny of Sanicula. Although the tree topologies of them were incongruent, both provided strong evidence supporting the monophyly of Saniculoideae and Apioideae. In addition, the sister groups between Saniculoideae and Apioideae were strongly suggested. The Sanicula species involved in this study were clustered into a clade, and the Eryngium species were also clustered together. However, it was clearly observed that the sections of Sanicula involved in the current study were not respectively recovered as monophyletic group. Molecular dating analysis explored that the origin of this genus was occurred during the late Eocene period, approximately 37.84 Ma (95% HPD: 20.33-52.21 Ma) years ago and the diversification of the genus was occurred in early Miocene 18.38 Ma (95% HPD: 10.68-25.28 Ma). CONCLUSION The plastome-based tree and ITS-based tree generated incongruences, which may be attributed to the event of hybridization/introgression, incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) and chloroplast capture. Our study highlighted the power of plastome data to significantly improve the phylogenetic supports and resolutions, and to efficiently explore the evolutionary history of this genus. Molecular dating analysis explored that the diversification of the genus occurred in the early Miocene, which was largely influenced by the prevalence of the East Asian monsoon and the uplift of the Hengduan Mountains (HDM). In summary, our study provides novel insights into the plastome evolution, phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic framework and evolution of genus Sanicula.
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- Bo-Ni Song
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
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Rozov SM, Zagorskaya AA, Konstantinov YM, Deineko EV. Three Parts of the Plant Genome: On the Way to Success in the Production of Recombinant Proteins. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:38. [PMID: 36616166 PMCID: PMC9824153 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Recombinant proteins are the most important product of current industrial biotechnology. They are indispensable in medicine (for diagnostics and treatment), food and chemical industries, and research. Plant cells combine advantages of the eukaryotic protein production system with simplicity and efficacy of the bacterial one. The use of plants for the production of recombinant proteins is an economically important and promising area that has emerged as an alternative to traditional approaches. This review discusses advantages of plant systems for the expression of recombinant proteins using nuclear, plastid, and mitochondrial genomes. Possibilities, problems, and prospects of modifications of the three parts of the genome in light of obtaining producer plants are examined. Examples of successful use of the nuclear expression platform for production of various biopharmaceuticals, veterinary drugs, and technologically important proteins are described, as are examples of a high yield of recombinant proteins upon modification of the chloroplast genome. Potential utility of plant mitochondria as an expression system for the production of recombinant proteins and its advantages over the nucleus and chloroplasts are substantiated. Although these opportunities have not yet been exploited, potential utility of plant mitochondria as an expression system for the production of recombinant proteins and its advantages over the nucleus and chloroplasts are substantiated.
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- Sergey M. Rozov
- Federal Research Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akad. Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Federal Research Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akad. Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Lermontova Str. 132, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
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- Federal Research Center, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akad. Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Characterization and Comparative Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes in Five Uncaria Species Endemic to China. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911617. [PMID: 36232915 PMCID: PMC9569570 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Uncaria, a perennial vine from the Rubiaceae family, is a typical Chinese traditional medicine. Currently, uncertainty exists over the Uncaria genus’ evolutionary relationships and germplasm identification. The complete chloroplast genomes of four Uncaria species mentioned in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and Uncaria scandens (an easily confused counterfeit) were sequenced and annotated. The findings demonstrated that the whole chloroplast genome of Uncaria genus is 153,780–155,138 bp in full length, encoding a total of 128–131 genes, containing 83–86 protein-coding genes, eight rRNAs and 37 tRNAs. These regions, which include eleven highly variable loci and 31–49 SSRs, can be used to create significant molecular markers for the Uncaria genus. The phylogenetic tree was constructed according to protein-coding genes and the whole chloroplast genome sequences of five Uncaria species using four methods. The topology of the two phylogenetic trees showed no difference. The sequences of U. rhynchophylla and U. scandens are clustered in one group, while the U. hirsuta and U. macrophylla are clustered in another group. U. sessilifructus is clustered together with the above two small clades. New insights on the relationship were revealed via phylogenetic research in five Uncaria species. This study will provide a theoretical basis for identifying U. rhynchophylla and its counterfeits, as well as the species of the Uncaria genus. This research provides the initial chloroplast genome report of Uncaria, contributes to elucidating the chloroplast genome evolution of Uncaria in China.
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Dong Z, Zhang R, Shi M, Song Y, Xin Y, Li F, Ma J, Xin P. The complete plastid genome of the endangered shrub Brassaiopsis angustifolia (Araliaceae): Comparative genetic and phylogenetic analysis. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269819. [PMID: 35771795 PMCID: PMC9246242 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Brassaiopsis angustifolia K.M. Feng belongs to the family Araliaceae, and is an endangered shrub species in southwest China. Despite the importance of this species, the plastid genome has not been sequenced and analyzed. In this study, the complete plastid genome of B. angustifolia was sequenced, analyzed, and compared to the eight species in the Araliaceae family. Our study reveals that the complete plastid genome of B. angustifolia is 156,534 bp long, with an overall GC content of 37.9%. The chloroplast genome (cp) encodes 133 genes, including 88 protein-coding genes, 37 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and eight ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. All protein-coding genes consisted of 21,582 codons. Among the nine species of Araliaceae, simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and five large repeat sequences were identified with total numbers ranging from 37 to 46 and 66 to 78, respectively. Five highly divergent regions were successfully identified that could be used as potential genetic markers of Brassaiopsis and Asian Palmate group. Phylogenetic analysis of 47 plastomes, representing 19 genera of Araliaceae and two related families, was performed to reconstruct highly supported relationships for the Araliaceae, which highlight four well-supported clades of the Hydrocotyle group, Greater Raukaua group, Aralia-Panax group, and Asian Palmate group. The genus Brassaiopsis can be divided into four groups using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) data. The results indicate that plastome and ITS data can contribute to investigations of the taxonomy, and phylogeny of B. angustifolia. This study provides a theoretical basis for species identification and future biological research on resources of the genus Brassaiopsis.
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- Zhanghong Dong
- Southwest Research Center for Landscape Architecture Engineering, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Sympodial Bamboos Technological and Engineering Research Center, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Sympodial Bamboos Technological and Engineering Research Center, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Ministry of Education), Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- Southwest Research Center for Landscape Architecture Engineering, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Southwest Research Center for Landscape Architecture Engineering, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Forestry and Grassland, Kunming, China
- * E-mail: (JM); (PX)
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- Southwest Research Center for Landscape Architecture Engineering, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China
- * E-mail: (JM); (PX)
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Biodiversity of Duckweed (Lemnaceae) in Water Reservoirs of Ukraine and China Assessed by Chloroplast DNA Barcoding. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11111468. [PMID: 35684242 PMCID: PMC9182681 DOI: 10.3390/plants11111468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Monitoring and characterizing species biodiversity is essential for germplasm preservation, academic studies, and various practical applications. Duckweeds represent a group of tiny aquatic plants that include 36 species divided into 5 genera within the Lemnaceae family. They are an important part of aquatic ecosystems worldwide, often covering large portions of the water reservoirs they inhabit, and have many potential applications, including in bioremediation, biofuels, and biomanufacturing. Here, we evaluated the biodiversity of duckweeds in Ukraine and Eastern China by characterizing specimens using the two-barcode protocol with the chloroplast atpH–atpF and psbK–psbI spacer sequences. In total, 69 Chinese and Ukrainian duckweed specimens were sequenced. The sequences were compared against sequences in the NCBI database using BLAST. We identified six species from China (Spirodela polyrhiza, Landoltia punctata, Lemna aequinoctialis, Lemna minor, Lemna turionifera, and Wolffia globosa) and six from Ukraine (S. polyrhiza, Lemna gibba, Lemna minor, Lemna trisulca, Lemna turionifera, and Wolffia arrhiza). The most common duckweed species in the samples from Ukraine were Le. minor and S. polyrhiza, accounting for 17 and 15 out of 40 specimens, respectively. The most common duckweed species in the samples from China was S. polyrhiza, accounting for 15 out of 29 specimens. La. punctata and Le. aequinoctialis were also common in China, accounting for five and four specimens, respectively. According to both atpH–atpF and psbK–psbI barcode analyses, the species identified as Le. aequinoctialis does not form a uniform taxon similar to other duckweed species, and therefore the phylogenetic status of this species requires further clarification. By monitoring duckweeds using chloroplast DNA sequencing, we not only precisely identified local species and ecotypes, but also provided background for further exploration of native varieties with diverse genetic backgrounds. These data could be useful for future conservation, breeding, and biotechnological applications.
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Ren J, Tian J, Jiang H, Zhu XX, Mutie FM, Wanga VO, Ding SX, Yang JX, Dong X, Chen LL, Cai XZ, Hu GW. Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis Based on the Chloroplast Genome of Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidel, a Protected Rare Species of Monotypic Genus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:828467. [PMID: 35283921 PMCID: PMC8908325 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.828467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidel (Poaceae) is an ephemeral grass from the monotypic genus Coleanthus Seidl, which grows on wet muddy areas such as fishponds or reservoirs. As a rare species with strict habitat requirements, it is protected at international and national levels. In this study, we sequenced its whole chloroplast genome for the first time using the next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology on the Illumina platform, and performed a comparative and phylogenetic analysis with the related species in Poaceae. The complete chloroplast genome of C. subtilis is 135,915 bp in length, with a quadripartite structure having two 21,529 bp inverted repeat regions (IRs) dividing the entire circular genome into a large single copy region (LSC) of 80,100 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 12,757 bp. The overall GC content is 38.3%, while the GC contents in LSC, SSC, and IR regions are 36.3%, 32.4%, and 43.9%, respectively. A total of 129 genes were annotated in the chloroplast genome, including 83 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The accD gene and the introns of both clpP and rpoC1 genes were missing. In addition, the ycf1, ycf2, ycf15, and ycf68 were pseudogenes. Although the chloroplast genome structure of C. subtilis was found to be conserved and stable in general, 26 SSRs and 13 highly variable loci were detected, these regions have the potential to be developed as important molecular markers for the subfamily Pooideae. Phylogenetic analysis with species in Poaceae indicated that Coleanthus and Phippsia were sister groups, and provided new insights into the relationship between Coleanthus, Zingeria, and Colpodium. This study presents the initial chloroplast genome report of C. subtilis, which provides an essential data reference for further research on its origin.
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- Jing Ren
- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Xiu-Zhen Cai,
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Guang-Wan Hu,
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Acosta K, Appenroth KJ, Borisjuk L, Edelman M, Heinig U, Jansen MAK, Oyama T, Pasaribu B, Schubert I, Sorrels S, Sree KS, Xu S, Michael TP, Lam E. Return of the Lemnaceae: duckweed as a model plant system in the genomics and postgenomics era. THE PLANT CELL 2021; 33:3207-3234. [PMID: 34273173 PMCID: PMC8505876 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The aquatic Lemnaceae family, commonly called duckweed, comprises some of the smallest and fastest growing angiosperms known on Earth. Their tiny size, rapid growth by clonal propagation, and facile uptake of labeled compounds from the media were attractive features that made them a well-known model for plant biology from 1950 to 1990. Interest in duckweed has steadily regained momentum over the past decade, driven in part by the growing need to identify alternative plants from traditional agricultural crops that can help tackle urgent societal challenges, such as climate change and rapid population expansion. Propelled by rapid advances in genomic technologies, recent studies with duckweed again highlight the potential of these small plants to enable discoveries in diverse fields from ecology to chronobiology. Building on established community resources, duckweed is reemerging as a platform to study plant processes at the systems level and to translate knowledge gained for field deployment to address some of society's pressing needs. This review details the anatomy, development, physiology, and molecular characteristics of the Lemnaceae to introduce them to the broader plant research community. We highlight recent research enabled by Lemnaceae to demonstrate how these plants can be used for quantitative studies of complex processes and for revealing potentially novel strategies in plant defense and genome maintenance.
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- Kenneth Acosta
- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Plant Physiology, Matthias Schleiden Institute, University of Jena, Jena 07737, Germany
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- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben D-06466, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork T23 TK30, Ireland
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben D-06466, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Kerala, Periye 671320, India
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Author for correspondence: (E.L.), (T.P.M.)
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Yoshida A, Taoka KI, Hosaka A, Tanaka K, Kobayashi H, Muranaka T, Toyooka K, Oyama T, Tsuji H. Characterization of Frond and Flower Development and Identification of FT and FD Genes From Duckweed Lemna aequinoctialis Nd. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:697206. [PMID: 34707626 PMCID: PMC8542802 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.697206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Duckweeds (Araceae: Lemnoideae) are aquatic monocotyledonous plants that are characterized by their small size, rapid growth, and wide distribution. Developmental processes regulating the formation of their small leaf-like structures, called fronds, and tiny flowers are not well characterized. In many plant species, flowering is promoted by the florigen activation complex, whose major components are florigen FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) protein and transcription factor FD protein. How this complex is regulated at the molecular level during duckweed flowering is also not well understood. In this study, we characterized the course of developmental changes during frond development and flower formation in Lemna aequinoctialis Nd, a short-day plant. Detailed observations of frond and flower development revealed that cell proliferation in the early stages of frond development is active as can be seen in the separate regions corresponding to two budding pouches in the proximal region of the mother frond. L. aequinoctialis produces two stamens of different lengths with the longer stamen growing more rapidly. Using high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and de novo assembly of transcripts from plants induced to flower, we identified the L. aequinoctialis FT and FD genes, whose products in other angiosperms form a transcriptional complex to promote flowering. We characterized the protein-protein interaction of duckweed FT and FD in yeast and examined the functions of the two gene products by overexpression in Arabidopsis. We found that L. aequinoctialis FTL1 promotes flowering, whereas FTL2 suppresses flowering.
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- Akiko Yoshida
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Embryology, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
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- Technology Platform Division, Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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Yang GL, Feng D, Liu YT, Lv SM, Zheng MM, Tan AJ. Research Progress of a Potential Bioreactor: Duckweed. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11010093. [PMID: 33450858 PMCID: PMC7828363 DOI: 10.3390/biom11010093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Recently, plant bioreactors have flourished into an exciting area of synthetic biology because of their product safety, inexpensive production cost, and easy scale-up. Duckweed is the smallest and fastest-growing aquatic plant, and has advantages including simple processing and the ability to grow high biomass in smaller areas. Therefore, duckweed could be used as a new potential bioreactor for biological products such as vaccines, antibodies, pharmaceutical proteins, and industrial enzymes. Duckweed has made a breakthrough in biosynthesis as a chassis plant and is being utilized for the production of plenty of biological products or bio-derivatives with multiple uses and high values. This review summarizes the latest progress on genetic background, genetic transformation system, and bioreactor development of duckweed, and provides insights for further exploration and application of duckweed.
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- Gui-Li Yang
- College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.-L.Y.); (D.F.); (Y.-T.L.); (M.-M.Z.)
- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Germplasm Innovation of Mountain Plant Resources, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.-L.Y.); (D.F.); (Y.-T.L.); (M.-M.Z.)
- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Germplasm Innovation of Mountain Plant Resources, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.-L.Y.); (D.F.); (Y.-T.L.); (M.-M.Z.)
- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Germplasm Innovation of Mountain Plant Resources, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China;
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- College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.-L.Y.); (D.F.); (Y.-T.L.); (M.-M.Z.)
- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Germplasm Innovation of Mountain Plant Resources, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.-L.Y.); (D.F.); (Y.-T.L.); (M.-M.Z.)
- Key Laboratory of Conservation and Germplasm Innovation of Mountain Plant Resources, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-1376-513-6919
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Folk RA, Sewnath N, Xiang CL, Sinn BT, Guralnick RP. Degradation of key photosynthetic genes in the critically endangered semi-aquatic flowering plant Saniculiphyllum guangxiense (Saxifragaceae). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:324. [PMID: 32640989 PMCID: PMC7346412 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02533-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plastid gene loss and pseudogenization has been widely documented in parasitic and mycoheterotrophic plants, which have relaxed selective constraints on photosynthetic function. More enigmatic are sporadic reports of pseudogenization and loss of important photosynthesis genes in lineages thought to be fully photosynthetic. Here we report the complete plastid genome of Saniculiphyllum guangxiense, a critically endangered and phylogenetically isolated plant lineage, along with genomic evidence of reduced chloroplast function. We also report 22 additional plastid genomes representing the diversity of its containing clade Saxifragales, characterizing gene content and placing variation in a broader phylogenetic context. RESULTS We find that the plastid genome of Saniculiphyllum has experienced pseudogenization of five genes of the ndh complex (ndhA, ndhB, ndhD, ndhF, and ndhK), previously reported in flowering plants with an aquatic habit, as well as the surprising pseudogenization of two genes more central to photosynthesis (ccsA and cemA), contrasting with strong phylogenetic conservatism of plastid gene content in all other sampled Saxifragales. These genes participate in photooxidative protection, cytochrome synthesis, and carbon uptake. Nuclear paralogs exist for all seven plastid pseudogenes, yet these are also unlikely to be functional. CONCLUSIONS Saniculiphyllum appears to represent the greatest degree of plastid gene loss observed to date in any fully photosynthetic lineage, perhaps related to its extreme habitat specialization, yet plastid genome length, structure, and substitution rate are within the variation previously reported for photosynthetic plants. These results highlight the increasingly appreciated dynamism of plastid genomes, otherwise highly conserved across a billion years of green plant evolution, in plants with highly specialized life history traits.
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- Ryan A Folk
- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, Mississippi State, USA.
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China
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- Department of Biology & Earth Science, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH, USA
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Complete chloroplast genome sequencing of sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.): Molecular structures, comparative analysis and evolutionary significance. GENE REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2020.100662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Implications of plastome evolution in the true lilies (monocot order Liliales). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 148:106818. [PMID: 32294543 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The families of the monocot order Liliales exhibit highly contrasting characteristic of photosynthetic and mycoheterotrophic life histories. Although previous phylogenetic and morphological studies of Liliales have been conducted, they have not examined molecular evolution associated with this contrasting phenomenon. Here, we conduct the first comparative plastome study of all ten families of Liliales using 29 newly sequenced plastid genomes analyzed together with previously published data. We also present a phylogenetic analysis for Liliales of 78 plastid genes combined with 22 genes from all three genomes (nuclear 18S rDNA and phyC; 17 plastid genes; and mitochondrial matR, atpA, and cob). Within the newly generated phylogenetic tree of Liliales, we evaluate the ancestral state changes of selected morphological traits in the order. There are no significant differences in plastid genome features among species that show divergent characteristics correlated with family circumscriptions. However, the results clearly differentiate between photosynthetic and mycoheterotrophic taxa of Liliales in terms of genome structure, and gene content and order. The newly sequenced plastid genomes and combined three-genome data revealed Smilacaceae as sister to Liliaceae instead of Philesiaceae and Ripogonaceae. Additionally, we propose a revised familial classification system of Liliales that consists of nine families, considering Ripogonaceae a synonym of Philesiaceae. The ancestral state reconstruction indicated synapomorphies for each family of Liliales, except Liliaceae, Melanthiaceae and Colchicaceae. A taxonomic key for all nine families of Liliales is also provided.
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Park JH, Park H, Jeon HH, Woo DU, Lee Y, Kang YJ. Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genome of Wolffia brasiliensis (duckweed) in Araceae. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1749176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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- Jin Hwa Park
- Applied Life Science Department, Gyeongsang National University, PMBBRC, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Applied Life Science Department, Gyeongsang National University, PMBBRC, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Applied Life Science Department, Gyeongsang National University, PMBBRC, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Applied Life Science Department, Gyeongsang National University, PMBBRC, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Applied Life Science Department, Gyeongsang National University, PMBBRC, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Applied Life Science Department, Gyeongsang National University, PMBBRC, Jinju, Republic of Korea
- Division of Life Science Department at Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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The complete chloroplast genome of Magnolia polytepala: Comparative analyses offer implication for genetics and phylogeny of Yulania. Gene 2020; 736:144410. [PMID: 32007581 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Magnoliaceae is a primitive taxon in the angiosperms, comprising approximately 240 species in 2-17 genera. Many of them have been widely cultivated due to their horticultural and medicinal value. However, there are uncertainties and controversies about the delimitation of the genera except Liriodendron L. in this family. The Yulania taxa is also the focus of dispute at the genus and section levels. In this study, we compared ten Yulania plastomes, including the newly sequenced M. polytepala. The plastome-wide comparative analysis demonstrated that 1) Yulania cp genomes were highly conserved, and the majority differences existed in IR regions with the loss/retention of trnV-GAC or ycf15 gene, 2) mutational hotspots with high levels of nucleotide diversity (Pi > 0.02) existed in both coding (rpoA, and ycf1) and no-coding (ccsA-ndhD, ndhE-ndhG, ndhF-rpl32, petA-psbJ, rpl32-trnL, rps3-rps19, and trnH-psbA) regions among the genus Yulania. Combined with other data from Magnoliaceae plastomes, our reconstructed molecular phylogenetic tree revealed that Yulania is monophyletic, separated from the genus Magnolia L. (=Magnolia subg. Magnolia L.), but seems a sister of Michelia L. Moreover, M. polytepala which belongs to the genus Yulania is most closely related to M. liliiflora. All these results indicated that plastome data may contribute to investigating taxonomy, population genetics and phylogeny of Yulania.
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Zhang Y, An D, Li C, Zhao Z, Wang W. The complete chloroplast genome of greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza 7498) using PacBio long reads: insights into the chloroplast evolution and transcription regulation. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:76. [PMID: 31992185 PMCID: PMC6986005 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6499-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Duckweeds (Lemnaceae) are aquatic plants distributed all over the world. The chloroplast genome, as an efficient solar-powered reactor, is an invaluable resource to study biodiversity and to carry foreign genes. The chloroplast genome sequencing has become routine and less expensive with the delivery of high-throughput sequencing technologies, allowing us to deeply investigate genomics and transcriptomics of duckweed organelles. Results Here, the complete chloroplast genome of Spirodela polyrhiza 7498 (SpV2) is assembled by PacBio sequencing. The length of 168,956 bp circular genome is composed of a pair of inverted repeats of 31,844 bp, a large single copy of 91,210 bp and a small single copy of 14,058 bp. Compared to the previous version (SpV1) assembled from short reads, the integrity and quality of SpV2 are improved, especially with the retrieval of two repeated fragments in ycf2 gene. There are a number of 107 unique genes, including 78 protein-coding genes, 25 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA genes. With the evidence of full-length cDNAs generated from PacBio isoform sequencing, seven genes (ycf3, clpP, atpF, rpoC1, rpl2, rps12 and ndhA) are detected to contain type-II introns. The ndhA intron has 50% more sequence divergence than the species-barcoding marker of atpF-atpH, showing the potential power to discriminate close species. A number of 37 RNA editing sites are recognized to have cytosine (C) to uracil (U) substitutions, eight of which are newly defined including six from the intergenic regions and two from the coding sequences of rpoC2 and ndhA genes. In addition, nine operon classes are identified using transcriptomic data. It is found that the operons contain multiple subunit genes encoding the same functional complexes comprising of ATP synthase, photosynthesis system, ribosomal proteins, et.al., which could be simultaneously transcribed and coordinately translated in response to the cell stimuli. Conclusions The understanding of the chloroplast genomics and the transcriptomics of S.polyrhiza would greatly facilitate the study of phylogenetic evolution and the application of genetically engineering duckweeds.
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- Yating Zhang
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Luo Q, Yang Z, Feng Y, Jia J, Tan J, Yan P. High-throughput sequencing-based assembly of chloroplast genomes of five pine tree species. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2020; 5:578-580. [PMID: 33366655 PMCID: PMC7748491 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1710587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Pinus plants are the largest existing group of gymnosperms and one of the most highly differentiated taxa. Due to its huge ecological, economic, and scientific value, the genetic diversity and the relationship between the intraspecific evolution of Pinus plants have gained wide attention. In this study, the chloroplast genomes of several common pine trees in southwest and south China, including P. massoniana (masson pine), P. yunnanensis (yunnan pine), P. latteri (south asia pine), P. crassicorticea (la ya pine), and P. elliottii (slash pine), and entire cpDNA sequences were obtained. Characteristics including the structure, repeated sequence, and codon bias of the cpDNA for these five pine tree species were analyzed.
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- Qunfeng Luo
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Guangxi Institute of Forestry Science, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Guangxi Institute of Forestry Science, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Guangxi Institute of Forestry Science, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Guangxi Institute of Forestry Science, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Guangxi Institute of Forestry Science, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Superior Timber Trees Resource Cultivation, Guangxi Institute of Forestry Science, Nanning, China
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Henriquez CL, Abdullah, Ahmed I, Carlsen MM, Zuluaga A, Croat TB, McKain MR. Evolutionary dynamics of chloroplast genomes in subfamily Aroideae (Araceae). Genomics 2020; 112:2349-2360. [PMID: 31945463 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aroideae is the largest and most diverse subfamily of the plant family Araceae. Despite its agricultural and horticultural importance, the genomic resources are sparse for this subfamily. Here, we report de novo assembled and fully annotated chloroplast genomes of 13 Aroideae species. The quadripartite chloroplast genomes (size range of 158,177-170,037 bp) are comprised of a large single copy (LSC; 75,594-94,702 bp), a small single copy (SSC; 12,903-23,981 bp) and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs; 25,266-34,840 bp). Notable gene rearrangements and IRs contraction / expansions were found for Anchomanes hookeri and Zantedeschia aethiopica. Codon usage, amino acid frequencies, oligonucleotide repeats, GC contents, and gene features revealed similarities among the 13 species. The number of oligonucleotide repeats was uncorrelated with genome size or phylogenetic position of the species. Phylogenetic analyses corroborated the monophyly of Aroideae but were unable to resolve the positions of Calla and Schismatoglottis.
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- Claudia L Henriquez
- University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, United States of America.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, 45320 Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Alpha Genomics Private Limited, Islamabad 45710, Pakistan
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, Calle 13, #100-00 Cali, Colombia
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, United States of America
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- The University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States of America
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Kim SH, Yang J, Park J, Yamada T, Maki M, Kim SC. Comparison of Whole Plastome Sequences between Thermogenic Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus renifolius and Nonthermogenic S. nipponicus (Orontioideae; Araceae) in East Asia. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E4678. [PMID: 31547213 PMCID: PMC6801674 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20194678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Symplocarpus, a skunk cabbage genus, includes two sister groups, which are drastically different in life history traits and thermogenesis, as follows: The nonthermogenic summer flowering S. nipponicus and thermogenic early spring flowering S. renifolius. Although the molecular basis of thermogenesis and complete chloroplast genome (plastome) of thermogenic S. renifolius have been well characterized, very little is known for that of S. nipponicus. We sequenced the complete plastomes of S. nipponicus sampled from Japan and Korea and compared them with that of S. renifolius sampled from Korea. The nonthermogenic S. nipponicus plastomes from Japan and Korea had 158,322 and 158,508 base pairs, respectively, which were slightly shorter than the thermogenic plastome of S. renifolius. No structural or content rearrangements between the species pairs were found. Six highly variable noncoding regions (psbC/trnS, petA/psbJ, trnS/trnG, trnC/petN, ycf4/cemA, and rpl3/rpl22) were identified between S. nipponicus and S. renifolius and 14 hot-spot regions were also identified at the subfamily level. We found a similar total number of SSR (simple sequence repeat) motifs in two accessions of S. nipponicus sampled from Japan and Korea. Phylogenetic analysis supported the basal position of subfamily Orontioideae and the monophyly of genus Symplocarpus, and also revealed an unexpected evolutionary relationship between S. nipponicus and S. renifolius.
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- Seon-Hee Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Korea.
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- Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island, Department of Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do 41566, Korea.
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- Botanical Gardens, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0862, Japan.
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- Botanical Gardens, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0862, Japan.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Korea.
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Yaradua SS, Alzahrani DA, Albokhary EJ, Abba A, Bello A. Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Justicia flava: Genome Comparative Analysis and Phylogenetic Relationships among Acanthaceae. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:4370258. [PMID: 31467890 PMCID: PMC6699374 DOI: 10.1155/2019/4370258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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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.
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- Samaila S. Yaradua
- Department of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biology, Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, Nigeria
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- Department of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biology, Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, Nigeria
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Ekperusi AO, Sikoki FD, Nwachukwu EO. Application of common duckweed (Lemna minor) in phytoremediation of chemicals in the environment: State and future perspective. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 223:285-309. [PMID: 30784736 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Over the past 50 years, different strategies have been developed for the remediation of polluted air, land and water. Driven by public opinion and regulatory bottlenecks, ecological based strategies are preferable than conventional methods in the treatments of chemical effluents. Ecological systems with the application of microbes, fungi, earthworms, plants, enzymes, electrode and nanoparticles have been applied to varying degrees in different media for the remediation of various categories of pollutants. Aquatic macrophytes have been used extensively for the remediation of pollutants in wastewater effluents and aquatic environment over the past 30 years with the common duckweed (L. minor) as one of the most effective macrophytes that have been applied for remediation studies. Duckweed has shown strong potentials for the phytoremediation of organic pollutants, heavy metals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, radioactive waste, nanomaterials, petroleum hydrocarbons, dyes, toxins, and related pollutants. This review covers the state of duckweed application for the remediation of diverse aquatic pollutants and identifies gaps that are necessary for further studies as we find pragmatic and sound ecological solutions for the remediation of polluted environment for sustainable development.
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- Abraham O Ekperusi
- World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Centre for Oilfield Chemicals Research, Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria; Department of Marine Environment & Pollution Control, Faculty of Marine Environmental Management, Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Nigeria.
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- Department of Animal & Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria
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- Department of Plant Science & Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria
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Raman G, Park S, Lee EM, Park S. Evidence of mitochondrial DNA in the chloroplast genome of Convallaria keiskei and its subsequent evolution in the Asparagales. Sci Rep 2019; 9:5028. [PMID: 30903007 PMCID: PMC6430787 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41377-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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DNA transfer between internal organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondrion, and plastid is a well-known phenomenon in plant evolution, and DNA transfer from the plastid and mitochondrion to the nucleus, from the plastid to the mitochondrion, and from the nucleus to the mitochondrion has been well-documented in angiosperms. However, evidence of the transfer of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to the plastid has only been found in three dicotyledons and one monocotyledon. In the present study, we characterised and analysed two chloroplast (cp) genome sequences of Convallaria keiskei and Liriope spicata, and found that C. keiskei has the largest cp genome (162,109 bp) in the Asparagaceae. Interestingly, C. keiskei had a ~3.3-kb segment of mtDNA in its cp genome and showed similarity with the mt gene rpl10 as a pseudogene. Further analyses revealed that mtDNA transfer only occurred in C. keiskei in the Nolinoideae, which diverged very recently (7.68 million years ago (mya); 95% highest posterior density (HPD): 14.55–2.97 mya). These findings indicate that the C. keiskei cp genome is unique amongst monocotyledon land plants, but further work is necessary to understand the direction and mechanism involved in the uptake of mtDNA by the plastid genome of C. keiskei.
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- Gurusamy Raman
- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsan-buk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsan-buk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsan-buk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsan-buk, Republic of Korea.
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Filyushin MA, Mazur AM, Shchennikova AV, Kochieva ЕZ. Comparative analysis of the complete plastomes of garlic Allium sativum and bulb onion Allium cepa. Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 2018. [DOI: 10.18699/vj18.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sequencing and comparative characterization of plant plastid genomes, or plastomes, is an important tool for modern phylogenetic and taxonomic studies, as well as for understanding the plastome evolution. The genusAlliumL. (family Amaryllidaceae) incorporates more than 900 species, includes economically significant vegetable crops such as garlicA. sativum, onionA. cepa, leekA. porrum, etc. In this work, the plastome of garlicA. sativumhas been completely sequenced. TheA. sativumplastome is 153172 bp in size. It consists of a large unique (LSC, 82035 bp) and small unique (SSC, 18015 bp) copies, separated by inverted repeats (IRa and IRb) of 26561 bp each. In the garlic plastome, 134 genes have been annotated: 82 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 6 pseudogenes. Comparative analysis ofA. sativumandA. cepaplastomes reveals differences in the sizes of structural elements and spacers at the inverted repeat boundaries. The total numbers of genes inA. sativumandA. cepaare the same, but the gene composition is different: therpl22gene is functional inA. sativum, being a pseudogene inA. cepa; conversely, therps16gene is a pseudogene inA. sativumand a protein-coding gene inA. cepa. In theA. sativumandA. cepaplastomes, 32 SSR sequences have been identified. More than half of them are dinucleotides, and the remaining are tetra-, penta-, and hexanucleotides at the same time, trinucleotides were absent. The compared plastomes differ in the numbers of certain SSRs, and some are present in only one of the species.
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Liu H, He J, Ding C, Lyu R, Pei L, Cheng J, Xie L. Comparative Analysis of Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Anemoclema, Anemone, Pulsatilla, and Hepatica Revealing Structural Variations Among Genera in Tribe Anemoneae (Ranunculaceae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1097. [PMID: 30100915 PMCID: PMC6073577 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Structural rearrangements of Anemone species' chloroplast genome has been reported based on genetic mapping of restriction sites but has never been confirmed by genomic studies. We used a next-generation sequencing method to characterize the complete chloroplast genomes of five species in the tribe Anemoneae. Plastid genomes were assembled using de novo assembling methods combined with conventional Sanger sequencing to fill the gaps. The gene order of the chloroplast genomes of tribe Anemoneae was compared with that of other Ranunculaceae species. Multiple inversions and transpositions were detected in tribe Anemoneae. Anemoclema, Anemone, Hepatica, and Pulsatilla shared the same gene order, which contained three inversions in the large single copy region (LSC) compared to other Ranunculaceae genera. Archiclematis, Clematis, and Naravelia shared the same gene order containing two inversions and one transposition in LSC. A roughly 4.4 kb expansion region in inverted repeat (IR) regions was detected in tribe Anemoneae, suggesting that this expansion event may be a synapomorphy for this group. Plastome phylogenomic analyses using parsimony and a Bayesian method with implementation of partitioned models generated a well resolved phylogeny of Ranunculaceae. These results suggest that evaluation of chloroplast genomes may result in improved resolution of family phylogenies. Samples of Anemone, Hepatica, and Pulsatilla were tested to form paraphyletic grades within tribe Anemoneae. Anemoclema was a sister clade to Clematis. Structual variation of the plastid genome within tribe Anemoneae provided strong phylogenetic information for Ranunculaceae.
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- Huijie Liu
- School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Forestry University Forest Science Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
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- School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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An D, Li C, Zhou Y, Wu Y, Wang W. Genomes and Transcriptomes of Duckweeds. Front Chem 2018; 6:230. [PMID: 29974050 PMCID: PMC6019479 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Duckweeds (Lemnaceae family) are the smallest flowering plants that adapt to the aquatic environment. They are regarded as the promising sustainable feedstock with the characteristics of high starch storage, fast propagation, and global distribution. The duckweed genome size varies 13-fold ranging from 150 Mb in Spirodela polyrhiza to 1,881 Mb in Wolffia arrhiza. With the development of sequencing technology and bioinformatics, five duckweed genomes from Spirodela and Lemna genera are sequenced and assembled. The genome annotations discover that they share similar protein orthologs, whereas the repeat contents could mainly explain the genome size difference. The gene families responsible for cell growth and expansion, lignin biosynthesis, and flowering are greatly contracted. However, the gene family of glutamate synthase has experienced expansion, indicating their significance in ammonia assimilation and nitrogen transport. The transcriptome is comprehensively sequenced for the genera of Spirodela, Landoltia, and Lemna, including various treatments such as abscisic acid, radiation, heavy metal, and starvation. The analysis of the underlying molecular mechanism and the regulatory network would accelerate their applications in the fields of bioenergy and phytoremediation. The comparative genomics has shown that duckweed genomes contain relatively low gene numbers and more contracted gene families, which may be in parallel with their highly reduced morphology with a simple leaf and primary roots. Still, we are waiting for the advancement of the long read sequencing technology to resolve the complex genomes and transcriptomes for unsequenced Wolffiella and Wolffia due to the large genome sizes and the similarity in their polyploidy.
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- Dong An
- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Tian N, Han L, Chen C, Wang Z. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Epipremnum aureum and its comparative analysis among eight Araceae species. PLoS One 2018. [PMID: 29529038 PMCID: PMC5846728 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Epipremnum aureum is an important foliage plant in the Araceae family. In this study, we have sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of E. aureum by using Illumina Hiseq sequencing platforms. This genome is a double-stranded circular DNA sequence of 164,831 bp that contains 35.8% GC. The two inverted repeats (IRa and IRb; 26,606 bp) are spaced by a small single-copy region (22,868 bp) and a large single-copy region (88,751 bp). The chloroplast genome has 131 (113 unique) functional genes, including 86 (79 unique) protein-coding genes, 37 (30 unique) tRNA genes, and eight (four unique) rRNA genes. Tandem repeats comprise the majority of the 43 long repetitive sequences. In addition, 111 simple sequence repeats are present, with mononucleotides being the most common type and di- and tetranucleotides being infrequent events. Positive selection pressure on rps12 in the E. aureum chloroplast has been demonstrated via synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates and selection pressure sites analyses. Ycf15 and infA are pseudogenes in this species. We constructed a Maximum Likelihood phylogenetic tree based on the complete chloroplast genomes of 38 species from 13 families. Those results strongly indicated that E. aureum is positioned as the sister of Colocasia esculenta within the Araceae family. This work may provide information for further study of the molecular phylogenetic relationships within Araceae, as well as molecular markers and breeding novel varieties by chloroplast genetic-transformation of E. aureum in particular.
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- Na Tian
- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shaanxi Xueqian Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China
- Institute of Botany of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China
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Ding Y, Fang Y, Guo L, Li Z, He K, Zhao Y, Zhao H. Phylogenic study of Lemnoideae (duckweeds) through complete chloroplast genomes for eight accessions. PeerJ 2017; 5:e4186. [PMID: 29302399 PMCID: PMC5742524 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Phylogenetic relationship within different genera of Lemnoideae, a kind of small aquatic monocotyledonous plants, was not well resolved, using either morphological characters or traditional markers. Given that rich genetic information in chloroplast genome makes them particularly useful for phylogenetic studies, we used chloroplast genomes to clarify the phylogeny within Lemnoideae. Methods DNAs were sequenced with next-generation sequencing. The duckweeds chloroplast genomes were indirectly filtered from the total DNA data, or directly obtained from chloroplast DNA data. To test the reliability of assembling the chloroplast genome based on the filtration of the total DNA, two methods were used to assemble the chloroplast genome of Landoltia punctata strain ZH0202. A phylogenetic tree was built on the basis of the whole chloroplast genome sequences using MrBayes v.3.2.6 and PhyML 3.0. Results Eight complete duckweeds chloroplast genomes were assembled, with lengths ranging from 165,775 bp to 171,152 bp, and each contains 80 protein-coding sequences, four rRNAs, 30 tRNAs and two pseudogenes. The identity of L. punctata strain ZH0202 chloroplast genomes assembled through two methods was 100%, and their sequences and lengths were completely identical. The chloroplast genome comparison demonstrated that the differences in chloroplast genome sizes among the Lemnoideae primarily resulted from variation in non-coding regions, especially from repeat sequence variation. The phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the different genera of Lemnoideae are derived from each other in the following order: Spirodela, Landoltia, Lemna, Wolffiella, and Wolffia. Discussion This study demonstrates potential of whole chloroplast genome DNA as an effective option for phylogenetic studies of Lemnoideae. It also showed the possibility of using chloroplast DNA data to elucidate those phylogenies which were not yet solved well by traditional methods even in plants other than duckweeds.
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- Yanqiang Ding
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Applied Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Applied Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Choi KS, Park KT, Park S. The Chloroplast Genome of Symplocarpus renifolius: A Comparison of Chloroplast Genome Structure in Araceae. Genes (Basel) 2017; 8:E324. [PMID: 29144427 PMCID: PMC5704237 DOI: 10.3390/genes8110324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Symplocarpus renifolius is a member of Araceae family that is extraordinarily diverse in appearance. Previous studies on chloroplast genomes in Araceae were focused on duckweeds (Lemnoideae) and root crops (Colocasia, commonly known as taro). Here, we determined the chloroplast genome of Symplocarpus renifolius and compared the factors, such as genes and inverted repeat (IR) junctions and performed phylogenetic analysis using other Araceae species. The chloroplast genome of S. renifolius is 158,521 bp and includes 113 genes. A comparison among the Araceae chloroplast genomes showed that infA in Lemna, Spirodela, Wolffiella, Wolffia, Dieffenbachia and Colocasia has been lost or has become a pseudogene and has only been retained in Symplocarpus. In the Araceae chloroplast DNA (cpDNA), psbZ is retained. However, psbZ duplication occurred in Wolffia species and tandem repeats were noted around the duplication regions. A comparison of the IR junction in Araceae species revealed the presence of ycf1 and rps15 in the small single copy region, whereas duckweed species contained ycf1 and rps15 in the IR region. The phylogenetic analyses of the chloroplast genomes revealed that Symplocarpus are a basal group and are sister to the other Araceae species. Consequently, infA deletion or pseudogene events in Araceae occurred after the divergence of Symplocarpus and aquatic plants (duckweeds) in Araceae and duplication events of rps15 and ycf1 occurred in the IR region.
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- Kyoung Su Choi
- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea.
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Kong H, Liu W, Yao G, Gong W. A comparison of chloroplast genome sequences in Aconitum (Ranunculaceae): a traditional herbal medicinal genus. PeerJ 2017; 5:e4018. [PMID: 29134154 PMCID: PMC5680694 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The herbal medicinal genus Aconitum L., belonging to the Ranunculaceae family, represents the earliest diverging lineage within the eudicots. It currently comprises of two subgenera, A. subgenus Lycoctonum and A. subg. Aconitum. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequences were characterized in three species: A. angustius, A. finetianum, and A. sinomontanum in subg. Lycoctonum and compared to other Aconitum species to clarify their phylogenetic relationship and provide molecular information for utilization of Aconitum species particularly in Eastern Asia. The length of the chloroplast genome sequences were 156,109 bp in A. angustius, 155,625 bp in A. finetianum and 157,215 bp in A. sinomontanum, with each species possessing 126 genes with 84 protein coding genes (PCGs). While genomic rearrangements were absent, structural variation was detected in the LSC/IR/SSC boundaries. Five pseudogenes were identified, among which Ψrps19 and Ψycf1 were in the LSC/IR/SSC boundaries, Ψrps16 and ΨinfA in the LSC region, and Ψycf15 in the IRb region. The nucleotide variability (Pi) of Aconitum was estimated to be 0.00549, with comparably higher variations in the LSC and SSC than the IR regions. Eight intergenic regions were revealed to be highly variable and a total of 58-62 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were detected in all three species. More than 80% of SSRs were present in the LSC region. Altogether, 64.41% and 46.81% of SSRs are mononucleotides in subg. Lycoctonum and subg. Aconitum, respectively, while a higher percentage of di-, tri-, tetra-, and penta- SSRs were present in subg. Aconitum. Most species of subg. Aconitum in Eastern Asia were first used for phylogenetic analyses. The availability of the complete cp genome sequences of these species in subg. Lycoctonum will benefit future phylogenetic analyses and aid in germplasm utilization in Aconitum species.
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- Hanghui Kong
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Aquatic Plant Genomics: Advances, Applications, and Prospects. Int J Genomics 2017; 2017:6347874. [PMID: 28900619 PMCID: PMC5576420 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6347874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Genomics is a discipline in genetics that studies the genome composition of organisms and the precise structure of genes and their expression and regulation. Genomics research has resolved many problems where other biological methods have failed. Here, we summarize advances in aquatic plant genomics with a focus on molecular markers, the genes related to photosynthesis and stress tolerance, comparative study of genomes and genome/transcriptome sequencing technology.
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Kong WQ, Yang JH. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Morus cathayana and Morus multicaulis, and comparative analysis within genus Morus L. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3037. [PMID: 28286710 PMCID: PMC5345388 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Trees in the Morus genera belong to the Moraceae family. To better understand the species status of genus Morus and to provide information for studies on evolutionary biology within the genus, the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of M. cathayana and M. multicaulis were sequenced. The plastomes of the two species are 159,265 bp and 159,103 bp, respectively, with corresponding 83 and 82 simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Similar to the SSRs of M. mongolica and M. indica cp genomes, more than 70% are mononucleotides, ten are in coding regions, and one exhibits nucleotide content polymorphism. Results for codon usage and relative synonymous codon usage show a strong bias towards NNA and NNT codons in the two cp genomes. Analysis of a plot of the effective number of codons (ENc) for five Morus spp. cp genomes showed that most genes follow the standard curve, but several genes have ENc values below the expected curve. The results indicate that both natural selection and mutational bias have contributed to the codon bias. Ten highly variable regions were identified among the five Morus spp. cp genomes, and 154 single-nucleotide polymorphism mutation events were accurately located in the gene coding region.
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- Wei Qing Kong
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Sericulture, Ankang University , Ankang , Shaanxi , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Sericulture, Ankang University , Ankang , Shaanxi , China
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Fu J, Liu H, Hu J, Liang Y, Liang J, Wuyun T, Tan X. Five Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequences from Diospyros: Genome Organization and Comparative Analysis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159566. [PMID: 27442423 PMCID: PMC4956199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Diospyros is the largest genus in Ebenaceae, comprising more than 500 species with remarkable economic value, especially Diospyros kaki Thunb., which has traditionally been an important food resource in China, Korea, and Japan. Complete chloroplast (cp) genomes from D. kaki, D. lotus L., D. oleifera Cheng., D. glaucifolia Metc., and Diospyros 'Jinzaoshi' were sequenced using Illumina sequencing technology. This is the first cp genome reported in Ebenaceae. The cp genome sequences of Diospyros ranged from 157,300 to 157,784 bp in length, presenting a typical quadripartite structure with two inverted repeats each separated by one large and one small single-copy region. For each cp genome, 134 genes were annotated, including 80 protein-coding, 31 tRNA, and 4 rRNA unique genes. In all, 179 repeats and 283 single sequence repeats were identified. Four hypervariable regions, namely, intergenic region of trnQ_rps16, trnV_ndhC, and psbD_trnT, and intron of ndhA, were identified in the Diospyros genomes. Phylogenetic analyses based on the whole cp genome, protein-coding, and intergenic and intron sequences indicated that D. oleifera is closely related to D. kaki and could be used as a model plant for future research on D. kaki; to our knowledge, this is proposed for the first time. Further, these analyses together with two large deletions (301 and 140 bp) in the cp genome of D. 'Jinzaoshi', support its placement as a new species in Diospyros. Both maximum parsimony and likelihood analyses for 19 taxa indicated the basal position of Ericales in asterids and suggested that Ebenaceae is monophyletic in Ericales.
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- Jianmin Fu
- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Non-Timber Forestry Research and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Non-Timber Forestry Research and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Haplox Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
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- Non-Timber Forestry Research and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Non-Timber Forestry Research and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Non-Timber Forestry Research and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Daniell H, Lin CS, Yu M, Chang WJ. Chloroplast genomes: diversity, evolution, and applications in genetic engineering. Genome Biol 2016; 17:134. [PMID: 27339192 PMCID: PMC4918201 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1004-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 716] [Impact Index Per Article: 89.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800 sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our understanding of chloroplast biology, intracellular gene transfer, conservation, diversity, and the genetic basis by which chloroplast transgenes can be engineered to enhance plant agronomic traits or to produce high-value agricultural or biomedical products. In this review, we discuss the impact of chloroplast genome sequences on understanding the origins of economically important cultivated species and changes that have taken place during domestication. We also discuss the potential biotechnological applications of chloroplast genomes.
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- Henry Daniell
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, South 40th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6030, USA.
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, South 40th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6030, USA
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chloroplast DNA Structural Variation, Phylogeny, and Age of Divergence among Diploid Cotton Species. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157183. [PMID: 27309527 PMCID: PMC4911064 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The cotton genus (Gossypium spp.) contains 8 monophyletic diploid genome groups (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, K) and a single allotetraploid clade (AD). To gain insight into the phylogeny of Gossypium and molecular evolution of the chloroplast genome in this group, we performed a comparative analysis of 19 Gossypium chloroplast genomes, six reported here for the first time. Nucleotide distance in non-coding regions was about three times that of coding regions. As expected, distances were smaller within than among genome groups. Phylogenetic topologies based on nucleotide and indel data support for the resolution of the 8 genome groups into 6 clades. Phylogenetic analysis of indel distribution among the 19 genomes demonstrates contrasting evolutionary dynamics in different clades, with a parallel genome downsizing in two genome groups and a biased accumulation of insertions in the clade containing the cultivated cottons leading to large (for Gossypium) chloroplast genomes. Divergence time estimates derived from the cpDNA sequence suggest that the major diploid clades had diverged approximately 10 to 11 million years ago. The complete nucleotide sequences of 6 cpDNA genomes are provided, offering a resource for cytonuclear studies in Gossypium.
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Givnish TJ, Zuluaga A, Marques I, Lam VKY, Gomez MS, Iles WJD, Ames M, Spalink D, Moeller JR, Briggs BG, Lyon SP, Stevenson DW, Zomlefer W, Graham SW. Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the monocot order Liliales: out of Australia and through Antarctica. Cladistics 2016; 32:581-605. [DOI: 10.1111/cla.12153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Thomas J. Givnish
- Department of Botany; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI 53706 USA
- Departamento de Biología; Universidad del Valle; Cali Colombia
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- Department of Botany; University of British Columbia; Vancouver Canada V6T 1Z4
- Department of Agriculture (Botany); High Polytechnic School of Huesca; University of Zaragoza; Carretera de Cuarte Km 1 Huesca E22071 Spain
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- Department of Botany; University of British Columbia; Vancouver Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Botany; University of British Columbia; Vancouver Canada V6T 1Z4
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- University and Jepson Herbaria; University of California-Berkeley; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Botany; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Plant Biology; University of Georgia; Athens GA 30602 USA
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- Department of Botany; University of British Columbia; Vancouver Canada V6T 1Z4
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Wang W, Li R, Zhu Q, Tang X, Zhao Q. Transcriptomic and physiological analysis of common duckweed Lemna minor responses to NH4(+) toxicity. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:92. [PMID: 27091123 PMCID: PMC4835947 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0774-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants can suffer ammonium (NH4 (+)) toxicity, particularly when NH4 (+) is supplied as the sole nitrogen source. However, our knowledge about the underlying mechanisms of NH4 (+) toxicity is still largely unknown. Lemna minor, a model duckweed species, can grow well in high NH4 (+) environment but to some extent can also suffer toxic effects. The transcriptomic and physiological analysis of L. minor responding to high NH4 (+) may provide us some interesting and useful information not only in toxic processes, but also in tolerance mechanisms. RESULTS The L. minor cultured in the Hoagland solution were used as the control (NC), and in two NH4 (+) concentrations (NH4 (+) was the sole nitrogen source), 84 mg/L (A84) and 840 mg/L (A840) were used as stress treatments. The NH4 (+) toxicity could inhibit the growth of L. minor. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cell death were studied using stained fronds under toxic levels of NH4 (+). The malondialdehyde content and the activities of superoxide dismutase and peroxidase increased from NC to A840, rather than catalase and ascorbate peroxidase. A total of 6.62G nucleotides were generated from the three distinct libraries. A total of 14,207 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) among 70,728 unigenes were obtained. All the DEGs could be clustered into 7 profiles. Most DEGs were down-regulated under NH4 (+) toxicity. The genes required for lignin biosynthesis in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway were up-regulated. ROS oxidative-related genes and programmed cell death (PCD)-related genes were also analyzed and indicated oxidative damage and PCD occurring under NH4 (+) toxicity. CONCLUSIONS The first large transcriptome study in L. minor responses to NH4 (+) toxicity was reported in this work. NH4 (+) toxicity could induce ROS accumulation that causes oxidative damage and thus induce cell death in L. minor. The antioxidant enzyme system was activated under NH4 (+) toxicity for ROS scavenging. The phenylpropanoid pathway was stimulated under NH4 (+) toxicity. The increased lignin biosynthesis might play an important role in NH4 (+) toxicity resistance.
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- Wenguo Wang
- />Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Section 4-13, Renmin Road South, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan PR China
- />Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Section 4-13, Renmin Road South, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan PR China
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- />Faculty of Biotechnology Industry, Chengdu University, 1 Shiling Street, Chengluo Road, 610106 Chengdu, Sichuan PR China
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- />Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Section 4-13, Renmin Road South, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan PR China
- />Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Section 4-13, Renmin Road South, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan PR China
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- />Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Section 4-13, Renmin Road South, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan PR China
- />Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Section 4-13, Renmin Road South, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan PR China
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- />Faculty of Biotechnology Industry, Chengdu University, 1 Shiling Street, Chengluo Road, 610106 Chengdu, Sichuan PR China
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Luo Y, Ma PF, Li HT, Yang JB, Wang H, Li DZ. Plastid Phylogenomic Analyses Resolve Tofieldiaceae as the Root of the Early Diverging Monocot Order Alismatales. Genome Biol Evol 2016; 8:932-45. [PMID: 26957030 PMCID: PMC4823975 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The predominantly aquatic order Alismatales, which includes approximately 4,500 species within Araceae, Tofieldiaceae, and the core alismatid families, is a key group in investigating the origin and early diversification of monocots. Despite their importance, phylogenetic ambiguity regarding the root of the Alismatales tree precludes answering questions about the early evolution of the order. Here, we sequenced the first complete plastid genomes from three key families in this order:Potamogeton perfoliatus(Potamogetonaceae),Sagittaria lichuanensis(Alismataceae), andTofieldia thibetica(Tofieldiaceae). Each family possesses the typical quadripartite structure, with plastid genome sizes of 156,226, 179,007, and 155,512 bp, respectively. Among them, the plastid genome ofS. lichuanensisis the largest in monocots and the second largest in angiosperms. Like other sequenced Alismatales plastid genomes, all three families generally encode the same 113 genes with similar structure and arrangement. However, we detected 2.4 and 6 kb inversions in the plastid genomes ofSagittariaandPotamogeton, respectively. Further, we assembled a 79 plastid protein-coding gene sequence data matrix of 22 taxa that included the three newly generated plastid genomes plus 19 previously reported ones, which together represent all primary lineages of monocots and outgroups. In plastid phylogenomic analyses using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference, we show both strong support for Acorales as sister to the remaining monocots and monophyly of Alismatales. More importantly, Tofieldiaceae was resolved as the most basal lineage within Alismatales. These results provide new insights into the evolution of Alismatales as well as the early-diverging monocots as a whole.
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- Yang Luo
- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China Kunming College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Van Hoeck A, Horemans N, Monsieurs P, Cao HX, Vandenhove H, Blust R. The first draft genome of the aquatic model plant Lemna minor opens the route for future stress physiology research and biotechnological applications. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2015; 8:188. [PMID: 26609323 PMCID: PMC4659200 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0381-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Freshwater duckweed, comprising the smallest, fastest growing and simplest macrophytes has various applications in agriculture, phytoremediation and energy production. Lemna minor, the so-called common duckweed, is a model system of these aquatic plants for ecotoxicological bioassays, genetic transformation tools and industrial applications. Given the ecotoxic relevance and high potential for biomass production, whole-genome information of this cosmopolitan duckweed is needed. RESULTS The 472 Mbp assembly of the L. minor genome (2n = 40; estimated 481 Mbp; 98.1 %) contains 22,382 protein-coding genes and 61.5 % repetitive sequences. The repeat content explains 94.5 % of the genome size difference in comparison with the greater duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza (2n = 40; 158 Mbp; 19,623 protein-coding genes; and 15.79 % repetitive sequences). Comparison of proteins from other monocot plants, protein ortholog identification, OrthoMCL, suggests 1356 duckweed-specific groups (3367 proteins, 15.0 % total L. minor proteins) and 795 Lemna-specific groups (2897 proteins, 12.9 % total L. minor proteins). Interestingly, proteins involved in biosynthetic processes in response to various stimuli and hydrolase activities are enriched in the Lemna proteome in comparison with the Spirodela proteome. CONCLUSIONS The genome sequence and annotation of L. minor protein-coding genes provide new insights in biological understanding and biomass production applications of Lemna species.
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- Arne Van Hoeck
- />Biosphere Impact Studies, SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- />Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- />Biosphere Impact Studies, SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- />Centre for Environmental Research, University of Hasselt, Universiteitslaan 1, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- />Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), OT Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- />Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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Talat F, Wang K. Comparative Bioinformatics Analysis of the Chloroplast Genomes of a Wild Diploid Gossypium and Two Cultivated Allotetraploid Species. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 13:47-56. [PMID: 28959299 DOI: 10.15171/ijb.1231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gossypium thurberi is a wild diploid species that has been used to improve cultivated allotetraploid cotton.G. thurberi belongs to D genome, which is an important wild bio-source for the cotton breeding and genetic research. To a certain degree, chloroplast DNA sequence information are a versatile tool for species identification and phylogenetic implications in plants. Different chloroplast loci have been utilized for evaluating phylogenetic relationships at each classification level among plant species, including at the interspecies and intraspecies levels. Present study was conducted in order to analyse the sequence of its chloroplast. OBJECTIVES Present study was conducted to study and compare the complete chloroplast sequence of G. thurberi, analyses of its genome structure, gene content and organization, repeat sequence and codon usage and comparison with two cultivated allotetraploid sequenced cotton species. MATERIALS AND METHODS The available sequence was assembled by DNAman (Version 8.1.2.378). Gene annotation was mainly performed by DOGMA. The map of genome structure and gene distribution were carried out using OGDRAW V1.1. Relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) of different codons in each gene sample was calculated by codonW in Mobyle. To determine the repeat sequence and location, an online version of REPuter was used. RESULTS The G. thurberi chloroplast (cp) genome is 160264 bp in length with conserved quadripartite structure. Single copy region of cp genome is separated by the two inverted regions. The large single copy region is 88,737 bp, and the small single copy region is 20,271 bp whereas the inverted repeat is 25,628 bp each. The plastidic genome has 113 single genes and 20 duplicated genes. The singletones encode 79 proteins, 4 ribosomal RNA genes and 30 transfer RNA genes. CONCLUSIONS Amongst all plastidic genes only 18 genes appeared to have 1-2 introns and when compared with cpDNA of two cultivated allotetraploid, rps18 was the only duplicated gene in G.thurberi. Despite the high level of conservation in cp genome SSRs ,these are useful in analysis of genetic diversity due to their greater efficiency as opposed to genomic SSRs. Low GC content is a significant feature of plastidic genomes, which is possibly formed after endosymbiosis by DNA replication and repair.
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- Farshid Talat
- West Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, AREEO, Urmia, Iran.,Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Cotton Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Anyang 455000, Henan, China
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- Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Cotton Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Anyang 455000, Henan, China
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Redwan RM, Saidin A, Kumar SV. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of MD-2 pineapple and its comparative analysis among nine other plants from the subclass Commelinidae. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 15:196. [PMID: 26264372 PMCID: PMC4534033 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0587-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pineapple (Ananas comosus var. comosus) is known as the king of fruits for its crown and is the third most important tropical fruit after banana and citrus. The plant, which is indigenous to South America, is the most important species in the Bromeliaceae family and is largely traded for fresh fruit consumption. Here, we report the complete chloroplast sequence of the MD-2 pineapple that was sequenced using the PacBio sequencing technology. RESULTS In this study, the high error rate of PacBio long sequence reads of A. comosus's total genomic DNA were improved by leveraging on the high accuracy but short Illumina reads for error-correction via the latest error correction module from Novocraft. Error corrected long PacBio reads were assembled by using a single tool to produce a contig representing the pineapple chloroplast genome. The genome of 159,636 bp in length is featured with the conserved quadripartite structure of chloroplast containing a large single copy region (LSC) with a size of 87,482 bp, a small single copy region (SSC) with a size of 18,622 bp and two inverted repeat regions (IRA and IRB) each with the size of 26,766 bp. Overall, the genome contained 117 unique coding regions and 30 were repeated in the IR region with its genes contents, structure and arrangement similar to its sister taxon, Typha latifolia. A total of 35 repeats structure were detected in both the coding and non-coding regions with a majority being tandem repeats. In addition, 205 SSRs were detected in the genome with six protein-coding genes contained more than two SSRs. Comparative chloroplast genomes from the subclass Commelinidae revealed a conservative protein coding gene albeit located in a highly divergence region. Analysis of selection pressure on protein-coding genes using Ka/Ks ratio showed significant positive selection exerted on the rps7 gene of the pineapple chloroplast with P less than 0.05. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed the recent taxonomical relation among the member of commelinids which support the monophyly relationship between Arecales and Dasypogonaceae and between Zingiberales to the Poales, which includes the A. comosus. CONCLUSIONS The complete sequence of the chloroplast of pineapple provides insights to the divergence of genic chloroplast sequences from the members of the subclass Commelinidae. The complete pineapple chloroplast will serve as a reference for in-depth taxonomical studies in the Bromeliaceae family when more species under the family are sequenced in the future. The genetic sequence information will also make feasible other molecular applications of the pineapple chloroplast for plant genetic improvement.
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- R M Redwan
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
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- Novocraft Technology Sdn. Bhd., 3 Two Square, Seksyen 19, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
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Goremykin VV, Nikiforova SV, Cavalieri D, Pindo M, Lockhart P. The Root of Flowering Plants and Total Evidence. Syst Biol 2015; 64:879-91. [DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syv028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Wang W, Messing J. Status of duckweed genomics and transcriptomics. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2015; 17 Suppl 1:10-5. [PMID: 24995947 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Duckweeds belong to the smallest flowering plants that undergo fast vegetative growth in an aquatic environment. They are commonly used in wastewater treatment and animal feed. Whereas duckweeds have been studied at the biochemical level, their reduced morphology and wide environmental adaption had not been subjected to molecular analysis until recently. Here, we review the progress that has been made in using a DNA barcode system and the sequences of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes to identify duckweed species at the species or population level. We also review analysis of the nuclear genome sequence of Spirodela that provides new insights into fundamental biological questions. Indeed, reduced gene families and missing genes are consistent with its compact morphogenesis, aquatic floating and suppression of juvenile-to-adult transition. Furthermore, deep RNA sequencing of Spirodela at the onset of dormancy and Landoltia in exposure of nutrient deficiency illustrate the molecular network for environmental adaption and stress response, constituting major progress towards a post-genome sequencing phase, where further functional genomic details can be explored. Rapid advances in sequencing technologies could continue to promote a proliferation of genome sequences for additional ecotypes as well as for other duckweed species.
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- W Wang
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Kim HT, Kim JS, Kim JH. The complete plastid genome sequence of Eustrephus latifolius (Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae). Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2014; 27:1549-51. [PMID: 25186113 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.953132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of Eustrephus latifolius was firstly determined in subfamily Lomandriodeae of family Asparagaceae. It was 159,736 bp and contained a large single copy region (82,403 bp) and a small single copy region (13,607 bp) which were separated by two inverted repeat regions (31,863 bp). In total, 132 genes were identified and they were consisted of 83 coding genes, 8 rRNA genes, 38 tRNA genes, 3 pseudogenes. rpl23 and clpP were pseudogenes due to sequence deletions. Among 23 genes containing introns, rps12 and ycf3 contained two introns and the rest had just one intron. The intact ycf68 was identified within an intron of trnI-GAU. The amino acid sequence was almost identical with Phoenix dactylifera in Aracales. Ycf1 of E. latifolius was completely located in IR. It was similar to cp genome structure of Lemna minor, Spirodela polyrhiza, Wolffiella lingulata, Wolffia australiana in Alismatales.
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- Hyoung Tae Kim
- a Department of Life Science , Gachon University , Republic of Korea
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- a Department of Life Science , Gachon University , Republic of Korea
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- a Department of Life Science , Gachon University , Republic of Korea
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Henriquez CL, Arias T, Pires JC, Croat TB, Schaal BA. Phylogenomics of the plant family Araceae. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 75:91-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 02/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li H, Cao H, Cai YF, Wang JH, Qu SP, Huang XQ. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of sugar beet (Beta vulgarisssp.vulgaris). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 25:209-11. [DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.883611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Dong W, Xu C, Cheng T, Lin K, Zhou S. Sequencing angiosperm plastid genomes made easy: a complete set of universal primers and a case study on the phylogeny of saxifragales. Genome Biol Evol 2013; 5:989-97. [PMID: 23595020 PMCID: PMC3673619 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Plastid genomes are an invaluable resource for plant biological studies. However, the number of completely sequenced plant plastid genomes is still small compared with the vast number of species. To provide an alternative generalized approach, we designed a set of 138 pairs of universal primers for amplifying (termed "short-range PCR") and sequencing the entire genomes of the angiosperm plastid genomes. The universality of the primers was tested by using species from the basal to asterid angiosperms. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) success rate was higher than 96%. We sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of Liquidambar formosana as an example using this method and compared it to the genomes independently determined by long-range PCR (from 6.3 kb to 13.3 kb) and next-generation sequencing methods. The three genomes showed that they were completely identical. To test the phylogenetic efficiency of this method, we amplified and sequenced 18 chloroplast regions of 19 Saxifragales and Saxifragales-related taxa, as a case study, to reconstruct the phylogeny of all families of the order. Phylograms based on a combination of our data, together with those from GenBank, clearly indicate three family groups and three single families within the order. This set of universal primers is expected to accelerate the accumulation of angiosperm plastid genomes and to make faster mass data collection of plastid genomes for molecular systematics.
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- Wenpan Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Corresponding author: E-mail:
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Yang JB, Yang SX, Li HT, Yang J, Li DZ. Comparative chloroplast genomes of camellia species. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73053. [PMID: 24009730 PMCID: PMC3751842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Camellia, comprising more than 200 species, is a valuable economic commodity due to its enormously popular commercial products: tea leaves, flowers, and high-quality edible oils. It is the largest and most important genus in the family Theaceae. However, phylogenetic resolution of the species has proven to be difficult. Consequently, the interspecies relationships of the genus Camellia are still hotly debated. Phylogenomics is an attractive avenue that can be used to reconstruct the tree of life, especially at low taxonomic levels. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Seven complete chloroplast (cp) genomes were sequenced from six species representing different subdivisions of the genus Camellia using Illumina sequencing technology. Four junctions between the single-copy segments and the inverted repeats were confirmed and genome assemblies were validated by PCR-based product sequencing using 123 pairs of primers covering preliminary cp genome assemblies. The length of the Camellia cp genome was found to be about 157kb, which contained 123 unique genes and 23 were duplicated in the IR regions. We determined that the complete Camellia cp genome was relatively well conserved, but contained enough genetic differences to provide useful phylogenetic information. Phylogenetic relationships were analyzed using seven complete cp genomes of six Camellia species. We also identified rapidly evolving regions of the cp genome that have the potential to be used for further species identification and phylogenetic resolution. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE In this study, we wanted to determine if analyzing completely sequenced cp genomes could help settle these controversies of interspecies relationships in Camellia. The results demonstrate that cp genome data are beneficial in resolving species definition because they indicate that organelle-based "barcodes", can be established for a species and then used to unmask interspecies phylogenetic relationships. It reveals that phylogenomics based on cp genomes is an effective approach for achieving phylogenetic resolution between Camellia species.
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- Jun-Bo Yang
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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