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Diehl N, Li H, Scheschonk L, Burgunter-Delamare B, Niedzwiedz S, Forbord S, Sæther M, Bischof K, Monteiro C. The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima I: recent advances in a changing climate. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2024; 133:183-212. [PMID: 38109285 PMCID: PMC10921839 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad173] [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: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima is a Laminariales species widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Its physiology and ecology have been studied since the 1960s, given its ecological relevance on western temperate coasts. However, research interest has been rising recently, driven mainly by reports of negative impacts of anthropogenically induced environmental change and by the increased commercial interest in cultivating the species, with several industrial applications for the resulting biomass. SCOPE We used a variety of sources published between 2009 to May 2023 (but including some earlier literature where required), to provide a comprehensive review of the ecology, physiology, biochemical and molecular biology of S. latissima. In so doing we aimed to better understand the species' response to stressors in natural communities, but also inform the sustainable cultivation of the species. CONCLUSION Due to its wide distribution, S. latissima has developed a variety of physiological and biochemical mechanisms to adjust to environmental changes, including adjustments in photosynthetic parameters, modulation of osmolytes and antioxidants, reprogramming of gene expression and epigenetic modifications, among others summarized in this review. This is particularly important because massive changes in the abundance and distribution of S. latissima have already been observed. Namely, presence and abundance of S. latissima has significantly decreased at the rear edges on both sides of the Atlantic, and increased in abundance at the polar regions. These changes were mainly caused by climate change and will therefore be increasingly evident in the future. Recent developments in genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics have clarified the existence of genetic differentiation along its distributional range with implications in the fitness at some locations. The complex biotic and abiotic interactions unraveled here demonstrated the cascading effects the disappearance of a kelp forest can have in a marine ecosystem. We show how S. latissima is an excellent model to study acclimation and adaptation to environmental variability and how to predict future distribution and persistence under climate change.
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- Nora Diehl
- Marine Botany, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ministry of Education), Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Marine Botany, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Fisheries and New Biomarine Industry, SINTEF Ocean AS, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Seaweed Solutions AS, Bynesveien 50C, 7018 Trondheim, Norway
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- Marine Botany, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources – InBIO Associate Laboratory, Campus of Vairão, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus of Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
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Liang Y, Choi HG, Zhang S, Hu ZM, Duan D. The organellar genomes of Silvetia siliquosa (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) and comparative analyses of the brown algae. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269631. [PMID: 35709195 PMCID: PMC9202911 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The brown alga Silvetia siliquosa (Tseng et Chang) Serrão, Cho, Boo & Brawly is endemic to the Yellow-Bohai Sea and southwestern Korea. It is increasingly endangered due to habitat loss and excessive collection. Here, we sequenced the mitochondrial (mt) and chloroplast (cp) genomes of S. siliquosa. De novo assembly showed that the mt-genome was 36,036 bp in length, including 38 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 26 tRNAs, and 3 rRNAs, and the cp-genome was 124,991 bp in length, containing 139 PCGs, 28 tRNAs, and 6 rRNAs. Gene composition, gene number, and gene order of the mt-genome and cp-genome were very similar to those of other species in Fucales. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a close genetic relationship between S. siliquosa and F. vesiculosus, which diverged approximately 8 Mya (5.7-11.0 Mya), corresponding to the Late Miocene (5.3-11.6 Ma). The synonymous substitution rate of mitochondrial genes of phaeophycean species was 1.4 times higher than that of chloroplast genes, but the cp-genomes were more structurally variable than the mt-genomes, with numerous gene losses and rearrangements among the different orders in Phaeophyceae. This study reports the mt- and cp-genomes of the endangered S. siliquosa and improves our understanding of its phylogenetic position in Phaeophyceae and of organellar genomic evolution in brown algae.
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- Yanshuo Liang
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Biological Science and Institute for Environmental Science, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Rana S, Valentin K, Riehl J, Blanfuné A, Reynes L, Thibaut T, Bartsch I, Eichinger L, Glöckner G. Analysis of organellar genomes in brown algae reveals an independent introduction of similar foreign sequences into the mitochondrial genome. Genomics 2021; 113:646-654. [PMID: 33485954 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kelp species (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) are globally widespread along temperate to Polar rocky coastal lines. Here we analyse the mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of Laminaria rodriguezii, in comparison to the organellar genomes of other kelp species. We also provide the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of another endemic kelp species from a Polar habitat, the Arctic Laminaria solidungula. We compare phylogenetic trees derived from twenty complete mitochondrial and seven complete chloroplast kelp genomes. Interestingly, we found a stretch of more than 700 bp in the mitochondrial genome of L.rodriguezii, which is not present in any other yet sequenced member of the Phaeophyceae. This stretch matches a protein coding region in the mitochondrial genome from Desmarestia viridis, another brown seaweed. Their high similarity suggests that these sequences originated through independent introduction into the two species. Their origin could have been by infection by yet unknown similar mitoviruses, currently only known from fungi and plants.
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- Shivani Rana
- Institute of Biochemistry I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Center for Marine and Polar Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Aix-Marseille University and University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University and University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University and University of Toulon, CNRS, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Marseille, France
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Center for Marine and Polar Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Choi JW, Graf L, Peters AF, Cock JM, Nishitsuji K, Arimoto A, Shoguchi E, Nagasato C, Choi CG, Yoon HS. Organelle inheritance and genome architecture variation in isogamous brown algae. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2048. [PMID: 32029782 PMCID: PMC7005149 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58817-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Among the brown algal lineages, Ectocarpales species have isogamous fertilization in which male and female gametes are morphologically similar. In contrast, female gametes are much larger than male gametes in the oogamous species found in many other brown algal lineages. It has been reported that the plastids of isogamous species are biparentally inherited whereas the plastids of oogamous species are maternally inherited. In contrast, in both isogamous and oogamous species, the mitochondria are usually inherited maternally. To investigate whether there is any relationship between the modes of inheritance and organellar genome architecture, we sequenced six plastid genomes (ptDNA) and two mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) of isogamous species from the Ectocarpales and compared them with previously sequenced organellar genomes. We found that the biparentally inherited ptDNAs of isogamous species presented distinctive structural rearrangements whereas maternally inherited ptDNAs of oogamous species showed no rearrangements. Our analysis permits the hypothesis that structural rearrangements in ptDNAs may be a consequence of the mode of inheritance.
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- Ji Won Choi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Korea
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- Algal Genetics Group, UMR 8227, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Station Biologique Roscoff, CS 90074, 29688, Roscoff, France
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Onomichi, Hiroshima, 722-0073, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Muroran Marine Station, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University Muroran, 051-0013, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Ecological Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Korea.
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Wideman JG, Monier A, Rodríguez-Martínez R, Leonard G, Cook E, Poirier C, Maguire F, Milner DS, Irwin NAT, Moore K, Santoro AE, Keeling PJ, Worden AZ, Richards TA. Unexpected mitochondrial genome diversity revealed by targeted single-cell genomics of heterotrophic flagellated protists. Nat Microbiol 2019; 5:154-165. [PMID: 31768028 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0605-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Most eukaryotic microbial diversity is uncultivated, under-studied and lacks nuclear genome data. Mitochondrial genome sampling is more comprehensive, but many phylogenetically important groups remain unsampled. Here, using a single-cell sorting approach combining tubulin-specific labelling with photopigment exclusion, we sorted flagellated heterotrophic unicellular eukaryotes from Pacific Ocean samples. We recovered 206 single amplified genomes, predominantly from underrepresented branches on the tree of life. Seventy single amplified genomes contained unique mitochondrial contigs, including 21 complete or near-complete mitochondrial genomes from formerly under-sampled phylogenetic branches, including telonemids, katablepharids, cercozoans and marine stramenopiles, effectively doubling the number of available samples of heterotrophic flagellate mitochondrial genomes. Collectively, these data identify a dynamic history of mitochondrial genome evolution including intron gain and loss, extensive patterns of genetic code variation and complex patterns of gene loss. Surprisingly, we found that stramenopile mitochondrial content is highly plastic, resembling patterns of variation previously observed only in plants.
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- Jeremy G Wideman
- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. .,Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. .,Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Biodesign Institute, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.,Laboratorio de Complejidad Microbiana y Ecología Funcional, Instituto Antofagasta, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, USA.,Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, Division of Marine Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.,Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, USA.,Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, Division of Marine Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Tineo D, Rubio KB, Melendez JB, Mendoza JE, Silva JO, Perez J, Esquerre EE, Perez-Alania M, Fernandez SL, Aguilar SE, Chuquizuta F, Olano YM, Hoyos RP, Veneros JE, Garcia LM, Arakaki N, Garcia-Candela E, Oliva M, Mansilla A, Calderon MS, Hughey JR, Bustamante DE. Analysis of the complete organellar genomes of the economically valuable kelp Lessonia spicata (Lessoniaceae, Phaeophyceae) from Chile. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2019; 4:2581-2582. [PMID: 33365635 PMCID: PMC7707003 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1640647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Lessonia spicata (Suhr) Santelices is the most ecologically and economically important kelp from Pacific South America. Here, we contribute to the bioinformatics and evolutionary systematics of the species by performing high throughput sequencing on L. spicata from Valparaiso, Chile. The L. spicata complete mitogenome is 37,097 base pairs (bp) in length and contains 66 genes (GenBank accession MK965907), the complete plastid genome is 130,305 bp and has 173 genes (accession MK965908), and the data assembled 7,630 bp of the nuclear ribosomal cistron (accession MK965909). The organellar genomes are similar in structure and content to others published from the Laminariales.
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- Daniel Tineo
- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Facultad Ingeniería Zootecnista, Agronegocios y Biotecnología (FIZAB), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Facultad Ingeniería Zootecnista, Agronegocios y Biotecnología (FIZAB), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Facultad Ingeniería Zootecnista, Agronegocios y Biotecnología (FIZAB), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Facultad Ingeniería Zootecnista, Agronegocios y Biotecnología (FIZAB), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Facultad de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental (FICIAM), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Agrarias (FICA), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Banco de Germoplasma de Organismos Acuáticos, Instituto del Mar del Perú, Callao, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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- Instituto Tecnológico de la Producción, CITEacuícola Ahuashiyacu, San Martin, Peru
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru.,Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Marinos Antárticos y Sub-antárticos (LEMAS), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru
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Leonard G, Labarre A, Milner DS, Monier A, Soanes D, Wideman JG, Maguire F, Stevens S, Sain D, Grau-Bové X, Sebé-Pedrós A, Stajich JE, Paszkiewicz K, Brown MW, Hall N, Wickstead B, Richards TA. Comparative genomic analysis of the 'pseudofungus' Hyphochytrium catenoides. Open Biol 2019; 8:rsob.170184. [PMID: 29321239 PMCID: PMC5795050 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.170184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic microbes have three primary mechanisms for obtaining nutrients and energy: phagotrophy, photosynthesis and osmotrophy. Traits associated with the latter two functions arose independently multiple times in the eukaryotes. The Fungi successfully coupled osmotrophy with filamentous growth, and similar traits are also manifested in the Pseudofungi (oomycetes and hyphochytriomycetes). Both the Fungi and the Pseudofungi encompass a diversity of plant and animal parasites. Genome-sequencing efforts have focused on host-associated microbes (mutualistic symbionts or parasites), providing limited comparisons with free-living relatives. Here we report the first draft genome sequence of a hyphochytriomycete ‘pseudofungus’; Hyphochytrium catenoides. Using phylogenomic approaches, we identify genes of recent viral ancestry, with related viral derived genes also present on the genomes of oomycetes, suggesting a complex history of viral coevolution and integration across the Pseudofungi. H. catenoides has a complex life cycle involving diverse filamentous structures and a flagellated zoospore with a single anterior tinselate flagellum. We use genome comparisons, drug sensitivity analysis and high-throughput culture arrays to investigate the ancestry of oomycete/pseudofungal characteristics, demonstrating that many of the genetic features associated with parasitic traits evolved specifically within the oomycete radiation. Comparative genomics also identified differences in the repertoire of genes associated with filamentous growth between the Fungi and the Pseudofungi, including differences in vesicle trafficking systems, cell-wall synthesis pathways and motor protein repertoire, demonstrating that unique cellular systems underpinned the convergent evolution of filamentous osmotrophic growth in these two eukaryotic groups.
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- Guy Leonard
- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92506, USA
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-UPF, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92506, USA
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.,Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Living Systems Institute, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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DNA barcoding of the marine macroalgae from Nome, Alaska (Northern Bering Sea) reveals many trans-Arctic species. Polar Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-019-02478-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Liu F, Zhang Y, Bi Y, Chen W, Moejes FW. Understanding the Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes in Phaeophyceae Inferred from Mitogenomes of Ishige okamurae (Ishigeales) and Dictyopteris divaricata (Dictyotales). J Mol Evol 2019; 87:16-26. [PMID: 30604018 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-018-9881-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
To gain further insight into the evolution of mitochondrial genomes (mtDNAs) in Phaeophyceae, the first recorded characterization of an Ishigeophycidae mtDNA from Ishige okamurae (Yendo), and only the second recorded characterization of a Dictyotophycidae mtDNA from Dictyopteris divaricata (Okamura) Okamura are presented in this study. The 35,485 bp I. okamurae mtDNA contained 36 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, three rRNAs, and four open reading frames (orfs), and the 32,021 bp D. divaricata mtDNA harbored 35 PCGs, 25 tRNAs, three rRNAs, and three orfs. The A + T content in D. divaricata (61.69%) was the lowest recorded in sequenced brown algal mtDNAs. The I. okamurae mtDNA displayed unique genome features including an elevated start-codon usage bias for GTG, while the organization of D. divaricata mtDNA was identical to that of Dictyota dichotoma. Phylogenetic analysis based on the amino acid sequence dataset of 35 PCGs indicated that I. okamurae (Ishigeophycidae) diverged early from the Fucophycidae-Dictyotophycidae complex, which was confirmed by the comparative analysis of the mitogenome structure. The novel mitogenome data made available by this study have improved our understanding of the evolution, phylogenetics, and genomics of brown algae.
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- Feng Liu
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Alvarez A, Anaya J, Arellano B, Bartlebaugh A, Capurro MC, Carrillo A, Chacon IR, Cordova L, Corral B, DaSilva M, Del Valle G, Diaz A, Diaz I, Donate C, Fusco I, Garcia B, Garcia J, Godoy C, Gonzalez V, Hertzog M, Horton N, Hughey JR, Kallison ER, Lopez R, Martinez J, Martinez R, Mendez K, Pacheco M, Ramirez M, Ramirez DM, Rios JM, Rossi F, Rua J, Sanchez A, Sanchez D, Sanchez M, Santos K, Sierra R, Soto D, Steinhardt A, Tavarez J, Tupas M, Valdez RT, Vargas C, Vargas R, Wong FL, Zamora A. Analysis of the complete organellar genomes of the rockweed Fucus spiralis (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae) supports its infraspecific recognition as Fucus vesiculosus var. spiralis. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2018; 3:482-483. [PMID: 33490516 PMCID: PMC7801007 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1463829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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- Alejandra Alvarez
- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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Guillory WX, Onyshchenko A, Ruck EC, Parks M, Nakov T, Wickett NJ, Alverson AJ. Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta). Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:1504-1515. [PMID: 29850800 PMCID: PMC6007386 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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We sequenced mitochondrial genomes from five diverse diatoms (Toxarium undulatum, Psammoneis japonica, Eunotia naegelii, Cylindrotheca closterium, and Nitzschia sp.), chosen to fill important phylogenetic gaps and help us characterize broadscale patterns of mitochondrial genome evolution in diatoms. Although gene content was strongly conserved, intron content varied widely across species. The vast majority of introns were of group II type and were located in the cox1 or rnl genes. Although recurrent intron loss appears to be the principal underlying cause of the sporadic distributions of mitochondrial introns across diatoms, phylogenetic analyses showed that intron distributions superficially consistent with a recurrent-loss model were sometimes more complicated, implicating horizontal transfer as a likely mechanism of intron acquisition as well. It was not clear, however, whether diatoms were the donors or recipients of horizontally transferred introns, highlighting a general challenge in resolving the evolutionary histories of many diatom mitochondrial introns. Although some of these histories may become clearer as more genomes are sampled, high rates of intron loss suggest that the origins of many diatom mitochondrial introns are likely to remain unclear.
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- Wilson X Guillory
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas
- Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
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- Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas
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- Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois
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Pogoda CS, Keepers KG, Hamsher SE, Stepanek JG, Kane NC, Kociolek JP. Comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genomes of six newly sequenced diatoms reveals group II introns in the barcoding region of cox1. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2018. [PMID: 29527965 DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2018.1450397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Diatoms are the most diverse lineage of algae and at the base of most aquatic food webs, but only 11 of their mitochondrial genomes have been described. Herein, we present the mitochondrial genomes of six diatom species, including: Melosira undulata, Nitzschia alba, Surirella sp., Entomoneis sp., Halamphora coffeaeformis, and Halamphora calidilacuna. Comparison of these six genomes to the 11 currently published diatom mitochondrial genomes revealed a novel ubiquitous feature block consisting of tatC-orf157-rps11. The presence of intronic retrotransposable elements in the barcoding region of cox1 in the Halamphora genomes may explain historic difficulty (especially PCR) with cox1 as a universal barcode for diatoms. Our analysis suggests that high rates of variability in number and position of introns, in many commonly used coding sequences, prevent these from being universally viable as barcodes for diatoms. Therefore, we suggest researchers examine the chloroplast and/or nuclear genomes for universal barcoding markers.
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- Cloe S Pogoda
- a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Natural History , University of Colorado , Boulder , CO , USA
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- a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Natural History , University of Colorado , Boulder , CO , USA
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- a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Natural History , University of Colorado , Boulder , CO , USA
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- a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Natural History , University of Colorado , Boulder , CO , USA
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- a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Natural History , University of Colorado , Boulder , CO , USA
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- a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Natural History , University of Colorado , Boulder , CO , USA
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Graf L, Kim YJ, Cho GY, Miller KA, Yoon HS. Plastid and mitochondrial genomes of Coccophora langsdorfii (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) and the utility of molecular markers. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187104. [PMID: 29095864 PMCID: PMC5695614 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Coccophora langsdorfii (Turner) Greville (Fucales) is an intertidal brown alga that is endemic to Northeast Asia and increasingly endangered by habitat loss and climate change. We sequenced the complete circular plastid and mitochondrial genomes of C. langsdorfii. The circular plastid genome is 124,450 bp and contains 139 protein-coding, 28 tRNA and 6 rRNA genes. The circular mitochondrial genome is 35,660 bp and contains 38 protein-coding, 25 tRNA and 3 rRNA genes. The structure and gene content of the C. langsdorfii plastid genome is similar to those of other species in the Fucales. The plastid genomes of brown algae in other orders share similar gene content but exhibit large structural recombination. The large in-frame insert in the cox2 gene in the mitochondrial genome of C. langsdorfii is typical of other brown algae. We explored the effect of this insertion on the structure and function of the cox2 protein. We estimated the usefulness of 135 plastid genes and 35 mitochondrial genes for developing molecular markers. This study shows that 29 organellar genes will prove efficient for resolving brown algal phylogeny. In addition, we propose a new molecular marker suitable for the study of intraspecific genetic diversity that should be tested in a large survey of populations of C. langsdorfii.
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- Louis Graf
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Korea
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- University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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Fossier Marchan L, Lee Chang KJ, Nichols PD, Mitchell WJ, Polglase JL, Gutierrez T. Taxonomy, ecology and biotechnological applications of thraustochytrids: A review. Biotechnol Adv 2017; 36:26-46. [PMID: 28911809 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 08/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Thraustochytrids were first discovered in 1934, and since the 1960's they have been increasingly studied for their beneficial and deleterious effects. This review aims to provide an enhanced understanding of these protists with a particular emphasis on their taxonomy, ecology and biotechnology applications. Over the years, thraustochytrid taxonomy has improved with the development of modern molecular techniques and new biochemical markers, resulting in the isolation and description of new strains. In the present work, the taxonomic history of thraustochytrids is reviewed, while providing an up-to-date classification of these organisms. It also describes the various biomarkers that may be taken into consideration to support taxonomic characterization of the thraustochytrids, together with a review of traditional and modern techniques for their isolation and molecular identification. The originality of this review lies in linking taxonomy and ecology of the thraustochytrids and their biotechnological applications as producers of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), carotenoids, exopolysaccharides and other compounds of interest. The paper provides a summary of these aspects while also highlighting some of the most important recent studies in this field, which include the diversity of polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in thraustochytrids, some novel strategies for biomass production and recovery of compounds of interest. Furthermore, a detailed overview is provided of the direct and current applications of thraustochytrid-derived compounds in the food, fuel, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and aquaculture industries and of some of the commercial products available. This review is intended to be a source of information and references on the thraustochytrids for both experts and those who are new to this field.
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- Loris Fossier Marchan
- Institute of Mechanical, Process & Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia.
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia.
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Jane L Polglase Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Institute of Mechanical, Process & Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.
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Hughey JR, Gabrielson PW. The complete mitogenome of the rockweed Fucus distichus (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2017; 2:203-204. [PMID: 33473768 PMCID: PMC7799463 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1310604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The rockweed F. distichus is a one of the most common intertidal seaweeds in the northern hemisphere. The systematics of F. distichus however remains open to discussion. Here, we contribute to the bioinformatics and systematics of F. distichus by deciphering its complete mitogenome. The F. distichus mitogenome is 36,400 bp in length, contains 67 genes, and has a gene content, organization, and sequence that are similar to the generitype, F. vesiculusus. These data support the continued recognition of F. distichus as a polymorphic entity with a broad distribution and high degree of ecological diversity.
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- Jeffery R Hughey
- Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA, USA
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- Biology Department and Herbarium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Cheng XF, Zhang LP, Yu DN, Storey KB, Zhang JY. The complete mitochondrial genomes of four cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea) and phylogenetic analyses within cockroaches. Gene 2016; 586:115-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Liu F, Pang S, Li J, Li X. Complete mitochondrial genome of the brown alga Colpomenia peregrina (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae): genome characterization and comparative analyses. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2016; 27:1601-3. [PMID: 25208185 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.958688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Colpomenia peregrina Sauvageau has a biphasic, heteromorphic life history alternated with saccate gametophytes and crustose sporophytes. The circular C. peregrina mitogenome is 36,025 bp in length and encodes 66 genes, including 3 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), 25 transfer RNA genes (tRNA), 35 protein-coding genes, and 3 open reading frames (ORFs). It is the shortest and most compact of the sequenced Ectocarpales mitogenomes to date. The overall A + T content in C. peregrina mitogenome is 68.01%, higher than that of other reported Ectocarpales species (62.01-66.49%). The total intergenic spacers are 1499 bp, constituting 4.16% of the whole genome. Genome organization of C. peregrina is essentially identical to that of known Ectocarpales species, except for Pylaiella littoralis. Phylogenetic analyses based on 35 protein-coding genes show that Scytosiphon lomentaria and Petalonia fascia firstly cluster together, and then group with C. peregrina forming the Scytosiphon-Petalonia-Colpomenia subclade with high support values, indicating their close evolutionary relationships.
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- Feng Liu
- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China
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- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China
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- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China
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- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China
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Tajima N, Saitoh K, Sato S, Maruyama F, Ichinomiya M, Yoshikawa S, Kurokawa K, Ohta H, Tabata S, Kuwata A, Sato N. Sequencing and analysis of the complete organellar genomes of Parmales, a closely related group to Bacillariophyta (diatoms). Curr Genet 2016; 62:887-896. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-016-0598-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2015] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ševčíková T, Klimeš V, Zbránková V, Strnad H, Hroudová M, Vlček Č, Eliáš M. A Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Eustigmatophyte Algae. Genome Biol Evol 2016; 8:705-22. [PMID: 26872774 PMCID: PMC4824035 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Eustigmatophyceae (Ochrophyta, Stramenopiles) is a small algal group with species of the genus Nannochloropsis being its best studied representatives. Nuclear and organellar genomes have been recently sequenced for several Nannochloropsis spp., but phylogenetically wider genomic studies are missing for eustigmatophytes. We sequenced mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of three species representing most major eustigmatophyte lineages, Monodopsis sp. MarTras21, Vischeria sp. CAUP Q 202 and Trachydiscus minutus, and carried out their comparative analysis in the context of available data from Nannochloropsis and other stramenopiles, revealing a number of noticeable findings. First, mitogenomes of most eustigmatophytes are highly collinear and similar in the gene content, but extensive rearrangements and loss of three otherwise ubiquitous genes happened in the Vischeria lineage; this correlates with an accelerated evolution of mitochondrial gene sequences in this lineage. Second, eustigmatophytes appear to be the only ochrophyte group with the Atp1 protein encoded by the mitogenome. Third, eustigmatophyte mitogenomes uniquely share a truncated nad11 gene encoding only the C-terminal part of the Nad11 protein, while the N-terminal part is encoded by a separate gene in the nuclear genome. Fourth, UGA as a termination codon and the cognate release factor mRF2 were lost from mitochondria independently by the Nannochloropsis and T. minutus lineages. Finally, the rps3 gene in the mitogenome of Vischeria sp. is interrupted by the UAG codon, but the genome includes a gene for an unusual tRNA with an extended anticodon loop that we speculate may serve as a suppressor tRNA to properly decode the rps3 gene.
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- Tereza Ševčíková
- Department of Biology and Ecology & Institute of Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Ecology & Institute of Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Ecology & Institute of Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Ecology & Institute of Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Liu F, Pang S. Mitochondrial genome of Turbinaria ornata (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae): comparative mitogenomics of brown algae. Curr Genet 2015; 61:621-31. [PMID: 25893565 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0488-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Turbinaria ornata (Turner) J. Agardh is a perennial brown alga native to coral reef ecosystems of tropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Very little is known about its organellar genome structure. In the present work, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of T. ornata was determined and compared with other reported brown algal mtDNAs. The circular mitogenome of 34,981 bp contains a basic set of 65 mitochondrial genes. The structure and organization of T. ornata mitogenome is very similar to Sargassum species. Turbinaria ornata genes overlap by a total of 164 bp in 12 different locations from 1 to 66 bp, and the non-coding sequences are 1872 bp, constituting approximate 5.35 % of the genome. The total spacer size has positive correlation with the brown algal mitogenome size with the correlation coefficient of 0.7972. Several regions displaying greater inconsistency (rnl-trnK spacer, cox2 gene, cox3-atp6 spacer, rps14-rns middle region and trnP-rnl spacer) have been identified in brown algal mtDNAs. The observed uncertainty regarding the position and support values of some branches might be closely associated with the heterogeneity of evolutionary rate.
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- Feng Liu
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Liu F, Pang S, Luo M. Complete mitochondrial genome of the brown alga Sargassum fusiforme (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae): genome architecture and taxonomic consideration. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2015; 27:1158-60. [PMID: 24989050 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.936417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell (=Hizikia fusiformis (Harvey) Okamura) is one of the most important economic seaweeds for mariculture in China. In this study, we present the complete mitochondrial genome of S. fusiforme. The genome is 34,696 bp in length with circular organization, encoding the standard set of three ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), 25 transfer RNA genes (tRNA), 35 protein-coding genes, and two conserved open reading frames (ORFs). Its total AT content is 62.47%, lower than other brown algae except Pylaiella littoralis. The mitogenome carries 1571 bp of intergenic region constituting 4.53% of the genome, and 13 pairs of overlapping genes with the overlap size from 1 to 90 bp. The phylogenetic analyses based on 35 protein-coding genes reveal that S. fusiforme has a closer evolutionary relationship with Sargassum muticum than Sargassum horneri, indicating Hizikia are not distinct evolutionary entity and should be reduced to synonymy with Sargassum.
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- Feng Liu
- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P. R. China and
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- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P. R. China and
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- b Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization , Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Shanghai , P.R. China
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Liu F, Pang S. Complete mitochondrial genome of the invasive brown alga Sargassum muticum (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2015; 27:1129-30. [PMID: 24983154 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.933333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt is an invasive canopy-forming brown alga, expanding its presence from Northeast Asia to North America and Europe. The complete mitochondrial genome of S. muticum is characterized as a circular molecule of 34,720 bp. The overall AT content of S. muticum mitogenome is 63.41%. This mitogenome contains 65 genes typically found in brown algae, including 3 ribosomal RNA genes, 25 transfer RNA genes, 35 protein-coding genes, and 2 conserved open reading frames (ORFs). The gene order of mitogenome for S. muticum is identical to that for Sargassum horneri, Fucus vesiculosus and Desmarestia viridis. Phylogenetic analyses based on 35 protein-coding genes reveal that S. muticum has a close evolutionary relationship with S. horneri and a distant relationship with Dictyota dichotoma, supporting current taxonomic systems. The present investigation provides new molecular data for studies of S. muticum population diversity as well as comparative genomics in the Phaeophyceae.
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- Feng Liu
- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P. R. China and
- b Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization , Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Shanghai , P. R. China
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- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P. R. China and
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Jackson CJ, Reyes-Prieto A. The mitochondrial genomes of the glaucophytes Gloeochaete wittrockiana and Cyanoptyche gloeocystis: multilocus phylogenetics suggests a monophyletic archaeplastida. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:2774-85. [PMID: 25281844 PMCID: PMC4224345 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A significant limitation when testing the putative single origin of primary plastids and the monophyly of the Archaeplastida supergroup, comprised of the red algae, viridiplants, and glaucophytes, is the scarce nuclear and organellar genome data available from the latter lineage. The Glaucophyta are a key algal group when investigating the origin and early diversification of photosynthetic eukaryotes. However, so far only the plastid and mitochondrial genomes of the glaucophytes Cyanophora paradoxa (strain CCMP 329) and Glaucocystis nostochinearum (strain UTEX 64) have been completely sequenced. Here, we present the complete mitochondrial genomes of Gloeochaete wittrockiana SAG 46.84 (36.05 kb; 33 protein-coding genes, 6 unidentified open reading frames [ORFs], and 28 transfer RNAs [tRNAs]) and Cyanoptyche gloeocystis SAG 4.97 (33.24 kb; 33 protein-coding genes, 6 unidentified ORFs, and 26 tRNAs), which represent two genera distantly related to the "well-known" Cyanophora and Glaucocystis. The mitochondrial gene repertoire of the four glaucophyte species is highly conserved, whereas the gene order shows considerable variation. Phylogenetic analyses of 14 mitochondrial genes from representative taxa from the major eukaryotic supergroups, here including novel sequences from the glaucophytes Cyanophora tetracyanea (strain NIES-764) and Cyanophora biloba (strain UTEX LB 2766), recover a clade uniting the three Archaeplastida lineages; this recovery is dependent on our novel glaucophyte data, demonstrating the importance of greater taxon sampling within the glaucophytes.
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- Christopher J Jackson
- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Liu F, Pang S. Complete mitochondrial genome of the brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae). Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2014; 27:1494-6. [PMID: 25186060 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.953108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link, which is the first representative of the genus Scytosiphon C. Agardh. The circular mitogenome of S. lomentaria is 36,918 bp in length, with the overall A+T content of 65.86%. The genome contains 67 genes, including 3 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), 25 transfer RNA genes (tRNA), 35 protein-coding genes and 4 unidentified open reading frames (ORFs). The gene order of S. lomentaria mitogenome conforms to that of Ectocarpales mitogenomes (not including Pylaiella littoralis), i.e. Petalonia fascia, and Ectocarpus siliculosus, but differs from Laminariales, Desmarestiales, Fucales and Dictyotales with position variation of several genes. The S. lomentaria mitogenome has an overall nucleotide sequence identity of 80.4% with P. fascia, and 74.9% with E. siliculosus. The present data is of value to phylogenetic analyses of such a diverse Scytosiphonaceae family as well as to understanding of mitogenome evolution in brown algae.
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- Feng Liu
- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , PR China
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- a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , PR China
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O'Brien MA, Misner I, Lane CE. Mitochondrial genome sequences and comparative genomics of Achlya hypogyna and Thraustotheca clavata. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2013; 61:146-54. [PMID: 24252096 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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As a lineage, oomycetes have adapted to a wide range of lifestyles. Although the common ancestor of the group was likely a marine pathogen, extant members inhabit a spectrum from free-living saprobes to obligate biotrophs. The mitochondrial genomes of Achlya hypogyna and Thraustotheca clavata were sequenced to directly compare a facultative parasitic species (A. hypogyna) to a closely related free living saprobe (T. clavata). Both sequenced mitochondrial genomes are circular, with sizes of 46,869 bp for A. hypogyna and 47,381 bp for T. clavata. They share 63 common genes, indicating little influence of lifestyle on gene content, but small differences in total number and order of genes. Achlya hypogyna has a single copy of nad2, whereas T. clavata has one pseudogene (rps7) and two duplicated genes (nad5 and nad2), each with one full and one truncated copy. The genomes encode a total of 29 or 30 tRNAs (A. hypogyna and T. clavata, respectively) for 19 amino acids. Three unidentified open reading frames are conserved, and one is unique to T. clavata. Comparisons of these genomes with published sequences of the closely related Saprolegnia ferax mitochondrial genome, and four other more distantly related oomycetes, reveals no correlation in genome content or architecture with lifestyle.
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- Megan A O'Brien
- Department of Biology, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881
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Wei L, Xin Y, Wang D, Jing X, Zhou Q, Su X, Jia J, Ning K, Chen F, Hu Q, Xu J. Nannochloropsis plastid and mitochondrial phylogenomes reveal organelle diversification mechanism and intragenus phylotyping strategy in microalgae. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:534. [PMID: 23915326 PMCID: PMC3750441 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background Microalgae are promising feedstock for production of lipids, sugars, bioactive compounds and in particular biofuels, yet development of sensitive and reliable phylotyping strategies for microalgae has been hindered by the paucity of phylogenetically closely-related finished genomes. Results Using the oleaginous eustigmatophyte Nannochloropsis as a model, we assessed current intragenus phylotyping strategies by producing the complete plastid (pt) and mitochondrial (mt) genomes of seven strains from six Nannochloropsis species. Genes on the pt and mt genomes have been highly conserved in content, size and order, strongly negatively selected and evolving at a rate 33% and 66% of nuclear genomes respectively. Pt genome diversification was driven by asymmetric evolution of two inverted repeats (IRa and IRb): psbV and clpC in IRb are highly conserved whereas their counterparts in IRa exhibit three lineage-associated types of structural polymorphism via duplication or disruption of whole or partial genes. In the mt genomes, however, a single evolution hotspot varies in copy-number of a 3.5 Kb-long, cox1-harboring repeat. The organelle markers (e.g., cox1, cox2, psbA, rbcL and rrn16_mt) and nuclear markers (e.g., ITS2 and 18S) that are widely used for phylogenetic analysis obtained a divergent phylogeny for the seven strains, largely due to low SNP density. A new strategy for intragenus phylotyping of microalgae was thus proposed that includes (i) twelve sequence markers that are of higher sensitivity than ITS2 for interspecies phylogenetic analysis, (ii) multi-locus sequence typing based on rps11_mt-nad4, rps3_mt and cox2-rrn16_mt for intraspecies phylogenetic reconstruction and (iii) several SSR loci for identification of strains within a given species. Conclusion This first comprehensive dataset of organelle genomes for a microalgal genus enabled exhaustive assessment and searches of all candidate phylogenetic markers on the organelle genomes. A new strategy for intragenus phylotyping of microalgae was proposed which might be generally applicable to other microalgal genera and should serve as a valuable tool in the expanding algal biotechnology industry.
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- Li Wei
- BioEnergy Genome Center and Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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Wang X, Shao Z, Fu W, Yao J, Hu Q, Duan D. Chloroplast genome of one brown seaweed, Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyta): its structural features and phylogenetic analyses with other photosynthetic plastids. Mar Genomics 2013; 10:1-9. [PMID: 23305622 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2012.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The chloroplast genome sequence of one brown seaweed, Saccharina japonica, was fully determined. It is characterized by 130,584 base pairs (bp) with a large and a small single-copy region (LSC and SSC), separated by two copies of inverted repeats (IR1 and IR2). The inverted repeat is 5015 bp long, and the sizes of SSC and LSC are 43,174 bp and 77,378 bp, respectively. The chloroplast genome of S. japonica consists of 139 protein-coding genes, 29 tRNA genes, and 3 ribosomal RNA genes. One intron was found in one tRNA-Leu gene in the chloroplast genome of S. japonica. Four types of overlapping genes were identified, ycf24 overlapped with ycf16 by 4 nucleotides (nt), ftrB overlapped with ycf12 by 6 nt, rpl4 and rpl23 overlapped by 8 nt, finally, psbC overlapped with psbD by 53 nt. With two sets of concatenated plastid protein data, 40-protein dataset and 26-protein dataset, the chloroplast phylogenetic relationship among S. japonica and the other photosynthetic species was evaluated. We found that the chloroplast genomes of haptophyte, cryptophyte and heterokont were not resolved into one cluster by the 40-protein dataset with amino acid composition bias, although it was recovered with strong support by the 26-protein dataset.
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- Xiuliang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Lineage-specific fragmentation and nuclear relocation of the mitochondrial cox2 gene in chlorophycean green algae (Chlorophyta). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2012; 64:166-76. [PMID: 22724135 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In most eukaryotes the subunit 2 of cytochrome c oxidase (COX2) is encoded in intact mitochondrial genes. Some green algae, however, exhibit split cox2 genes (cox2a and cox2b) encoding two polypeptides (COX2A and COX2B) that form a heterodimeric COX2 subunit. Here, we analyzed the distribution of intact and split cox2 gene sequences in 39 phylogenetically diverse green algae in phylum Chlorophyta obtained from databases (28 sequences from 22 taxa) and from new cox2 data generated in this work (23 sequences from 18 taxa). Our results support previous observations based on a smaller number of taxa, indicating that algae in classes Prasinophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Trebouxiophyceae contain orthodox, intact mitochondrial cox2 genes. In contrast, all of the algae in Chlorophyceae that we examined exhibited split cox2 genes, and could be separated into two groups: one that has a mitochondrion-localized cox2a gene and a nucleus-localized cox2b gene ("Scenedesmus-like"), and another that has both cox2a and cox2b genes in the nucleus ("Chlamydomonas-like"). The location of the split cox2a and cox2b genes was inferred using five different criteria: differences in amino acid sequences, codon usage (mitochondrial vs. nuclear), codon preference (third position frequencies), presence of nucleotide sequences encoding mitochondrial targeting sequences and presence of spliceosomal introns. Distinct green algae could be grouped according to the form of cox2 gene they contain: intact or fragmented, mitochondrion- or nucleus-localized, and intron-containing or intron-less. We present a model describing the events that led to mitochondrial cox2 gene fragmentation and the independent and sequential migration of cox2a and cox2b genes to the nucleus in chlorophycean green algae. We also suggest that the distribution of the different forms of the cox2 gene provides important insights into the phylogenetic relationships among major groups of Chlorophyceae.
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Imanian B, Pombert JF, Dorrell RG, Burki F, Keeling PJ. Tertiary endosymbiosis in two dinotoms has generated little change in the mitochondrial genomes of their dinoflagellate hosts and diatom endosymbionts. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43763. [PMID: 22916303 PMCID: PMC3423374 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mitochondria or mitochondrion-derived organelles are found in all eukaryotes with the exception of secondary or tertiary plastid endosymbionts. In these highly reduced systems, the mitochondrion has been lost in all cases except the diatom endosymbionts found in a small group of dinoflagellates, called 'dinotoms', the only cells with two evolutionarily distinct mitochondria. To investigate the persistence of this redundancy and its consequences on the content and structure of the endosymbiont and host mitochondrial genomes, we report the sequences of these genomes from two dinotoms. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The endosymbiont mitochondrial genomes of Durinskia baltica and Kryptoperidinium foliaceum exhibit nearly identical gene content with other diatoms, and highly conserved gene order (nearly identical to that of the raphid pennate diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus). These two genomes are differentiated from other diatoms' by the fission of nad11 and by an insertion within nad2, in-frame and unspliced from the mRNA. Durinskia baltica is further distinguished from K. foliaceum by two gene fusions and its lack of introns. The host mitochondrial genome in D. baltica encodes cox1 and cob plus several fragments of LSU rRNA gene in a hugely expanded genome that includes numerous pseudogenes, and a trans-spliced cox3 gene, like in other dinoflagellates. Over 100 distinct contigs were identified through 454 sequencing, but intact full-length genes for cox1, cob and the 5' exon of cox3 were present as a single contig each, suggesting most of the genome is pseudogenes. The host mitochondrial genome of K. foliaceum was difficult to identify, but fragments of all the three protein-coding genes, corresponding transcripts, and transcripts of several LSU rRNA fragments were all recovered. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Overall, the endosymbiont and host mitochondrial genomes in the two dinotoms have changed surprisingly little from those of free-living diatoms and dinoflagellates, irrespective of their long coexistence side by side in dinotoms.
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- Behzad Imanian
- Department of Botany, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Botany, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Botany, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Botany, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Botany, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Balakirev ES, Krupnova TN, Ayala FJ. DNA variation in the phenotypically-diverse brown alga Saccharina japonica. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:108. [PMID: 22784095 PMCID: PMC3490969 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Saccharina japonica (Areschoug) Lane, Mayes, Druehl et Saunders is an economically important and highly morphologically variable brown alga inhabiting the northwest Pacific marine waters. On the basis of nuclear (ITS), plastid (rbcLS) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequence data, we have analyzed the genetic composition of typical Saccharina japonica (TYP) and its two common morphological varieties, known as the "longipes" (LON) and "shallow-water" (SHA) forms seeking to clarify their taxonomical status and to evaluate the possibility of cryptic species within S. japonica. RESULTS The data show that the TYP and LON forms are very similar genetically in spite of drastic differences in morphology, life history traits, and ecological preferences. Both, however, are genetically quite different from the SHA form. The two Saccharina lineages are distinguished by 109 fixed single nucleotide differences as well as by seven fixed length polymorphisms (based on a 4,286 bp concatenated dataset that includes three gene regions). The GenBank database reveals a close affinity of the TYP and LON forms to S. japonica and the SHA form to S. cichorioides. The three gene markers used in the present work have different sensitivity for the algal species identification. COI gene was the most discriminant gene marker. However, we have detected instances of interspecific COI recombination reflecting putative historical hybridization events between distantly related algal lineages. The recombinant sequences show highly contrasted level of divergence in the 5'- and 3'- regions of the gene, leading to significantly different tree topologies depending on the gene segment (5'- or 3'-) used for tree reconstruction. Consequently, the 5'-COI "barcoding" region (~ 650 bp) can be misleading for identification purposes, at least in the case of algal species that might have experienced historical hybridization events. CONCLUSION Taking into account the potential roles of phenotypic plasticity in evolution, we conclude that the TYP and LON forms represent examples of algae phenotypic diversification that enables successful adaptation to contrasting shallow- and deep-water marine environments, while the SHA form is very similar to S. cichorioides and should be considered a different species. Practical applications for algal management and conservation are briefly considered.
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- Evgeniy S Balakirev
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-2525, USA
- A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostok, 690059, Russia
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- Pacific Research Fisheries Centre (TINRO-Centre), Vladivostok, 690600, Russia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-2525, USA
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Buchanan J, Zuccarello GC. DECOUPLING OF SHORT- AND LONG-DISTANCE DISPERSAL PATHWAYS IN THE ENDEMIC NEW ZEALAND SEAWEED CARPOPHYLLUM MASCHALOCARPUM (PHAEOPHYCEAE, FUCALES)(1). JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2012; 48:518-529. [PMID: 27011067 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The processes that produce and maintain genetic structure in organisms operate at different timescales and on different life-history stages. In marine macroalgae, gene flow occurs through gamete/zygote dispersal and rafting by adult thalli. Population genetic patterns arise from this contemporary gene flow interacting with historical processes. We analyzed spatial patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation to investigate contemporary and historical dispersal patterns in the New Zealand endemic fucalean brown alga Carpophyllum maschalocarpum (Turner) Grev. Populations bounded by habitat discontinuities were often strongly differentiated from adjoining populations over scales of tens of kilometers and intrapopulation diversity was generally low, except for one region of northeast New Zealand (the Bay of Plenty). There was evidence of strong connectivity between the northern and eastern regions of New Zealand's North Island and between the North and South Islands of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands (separated by 650 km of open ocean). Moderate haplotypic diversity was found in Chatham Islands populations, while other southern populations showed low diversity consistent with Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) retreat and subsequent recolonization. We suggest that ocean current patterns and prevailing westerly winds facilitate long-distance dispersal by floating adult thalli, decoupling genetic differentiation of Chatham Island populations from dispersal potential at the gamete/zygote stage. This study highlights the importance of encompassing the entire range of a species when inferring dispersal patterns from genetic differentiation, as realized dispersal distances can be contingent on local or regional oceanographic and historical processes.
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- Joe Buchanan
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P. O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P. O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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Xiao B, Chen AH, Zhang YY, Jiang GF, Hu CC, Zhu CD. Complete mitochondrial genomes of two cockroaches, Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana, and the phylogenetic position of termites. Curr Genet 2012; 58:65-77. [PMID: 22311390 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-012-0365-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Revised: 01/14/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The mitochondrial genomes are one of the most information-rich markers in phylogenetics. The relationships within superorder Dictyoptera have been debated in the literature. However, the closely related termites (Isoptera) are retained as unranked taxon within the order Blattaria (cockroaches). In this work, we sequenced the complete mitogenomes of two cockroaches, reconstructed the molecular phylogeny and attempted to infer the phylogenetic position of termites in Blattaria more reliably. The complete mtDNA nucleotide sequences of the peridomestic American cockroach (Periplaneta americana L.) and the domestic German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.) are 15,025 and 15,584 bp in size, respectively. The genome shares the gene order and orientation with previously known Blattaria mitogenomes. Most tRNAs could be folded into the typical cloverleaf secondary structure, but the tRNA-Ser (AGN) of P. americana appears to be missing the dihydrouridine arm. Using nucleotide and amino acid sequences as phylogenetic markers, we proposed that termites should be treated as a superfamily (Termitoidea) of cockroaches. We suggested that Polyphagoidea was the sister group of Termitoidea in Blattaria and supported that the suborder Caelifera is more closely related to the Phasmatodea than to the suborder Ensifera of Orthoptera.
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- Bo Xiao
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Wenyuan Road 1, Nanjing 210046, China
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Oudot-Le Secq MP, Green BR. Complex repeat structures and novel features in the mitochondrial genomes of the diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Thalassiosira pseudonana. Gene 2011; 476:20-6. [PMID: 21320580 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Revised: 12/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The mitochondrial genome of the raphid pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has several novel features compared with the mitochondrial genomes of the centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana and the araphid pennate diatom Synedra acus. It is almost double the size (77,356 bp) due to a 35,454 bp sequence block consisting of an elaborate combination of direct repeats, making it the largest stramenopile (heterokont) mitochondrial genome known. In addition, the cox1 gene has a +1 translational frameshift involving Pro codons CCC and CCT, the first translational frameshift to be detected in an algal mitochondrial genome. The nad9 and rps14 genes are fused by the insertion of an in-frame sequence and cotranscribed. The nad11 gene is split into two parts corresponding to the FeS and molybdate-binding domains, but both parts are still on the mitochondrial genome, in contrast to the brown algae where the second domain appears to have been transferred to the nucleus. In contrast to P. tricornutum, the repeat region of T. pseudonana consists of a much smaller 4790 bp string of almost identical double-hairpin elements, evidence of slipped-strand mispairing and active gene conversion. The diatom mitochondrial genomes have undergone considerable gene rearrangement since the three lineages of diatoms diverged, but all three have kept their repeat regions segregated from their relatively compact coding regions.
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- Marie-Pierre Oudot-Le Secq
- Botany Department, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4.
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Tong J, Dolezal P, Selkrig J, Crawford S, Simpson AGB, Noinaj N, Buchanan SK, Gabriel K, Lithgow T. Ancestral and derived protein import pathways in the mitochondrion of Reclinomonas americana. Mol Biol Evol 2010; 28:1581-91. [PMID: 21081480 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The evolution of mitochondria from ancestral bacteria required that new protein transport machinery be established. Recent controversy over the evolution of these new molecular machines hinges on the degree to which ancestral bacterial transporters contributed during the establishment of the new protein import pathway. Reclinomonas americana is a unicellular eukaryote with the most gene-rich mitochondrial genome known, and the large collection of membrane proteins encoded on the mitochondrial genome of R. americana includes a bacterial-type SecY protein transporter. Analysis of expressed sequence tags shows R. americana also has components of a mitochondrial protein translocase or "translocase in the inner mitochondrial membrane complex." Along with several other membrane proteins encoded on the mitochondrial genome Cox11, an assembly factor for cytochrome c oxidase retains sequence features suggesting that it is assembled by the SecY complex in R. americana. Despite this, protein import studies show that the RaCox11 protein is suited for import into mitochondria and functional complementation if the gene is transferred into the nucleus of yeast. Reclinomonas americana provides direct evidence that bacterial protein transport pathways were retained, alongside the evolving mitochondrial protein import machinery, shedding new light on the process of mitochondrial evolution.
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- Janette Tong
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Neiva J, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Surfing the wave on a borrowed board: range expansion and spread of introgressed organellar genomes in the seaweed Fucus ceranoides L. Mol Ecol 2010; 19:4812-22. [PMID: 20958817 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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For many taxa, introgression represents an important source of genetic variation, but the specific contexts allowing locally introgressed material to spread and largely replace native allelic lineages throughout a species range remain poorly understood. Recent demographic-genetic simulations of spatial expansions show that the stochastic surfing of alien alleles during range expansions may constitute a general mechanism leading to extensive introgression, but empirical evidence remain scarce and difficult to distinguish from selection. In this study, we report a compelling case of such a phenomenon in the estuarine alga Fucus ceranoides. We re-assessed the phylogenetic relationships among F. ceranoides and its marine congeners F. vesiculosus and F. spiralis using nuclear, mitochondrial and chloroplast sequence data, and conducted a mtDNA phylogeographic survey in F. ceranoides. Our phylogenetic analyses revealed a recent and asymmetric introgression of a single F. vesiculosus cytoplasm into F. ceranoides. The phylogeographic scope of introgression was striking, with native and introgressed mtDNA displaying disjunct distributions south and north of the English Channel. A putative Pleistocene climatic refugium was detected in NW Iberia, and the extensive and exclusive spread of the alien cytoplasm throughout Northern Europe was inferred to have occurred concurrently with the species post-glacial, northwards range expansion. This massive spread of a foreign organelle throughout the entire post-glacial recolonization range represents good empirical evidence of an alien cytoplasm surfing the wave of a range expansion and the first description of such a phenomenon in the marine realm.
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- João Neiva
- Centro de Ciências do Mar, Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental-Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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Silberfeld T, Leigh JW, Verbruggen H, Cruaud C, de Reviers B, Rousseau F. A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the brown algae (Heterokonta, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae): Investigating the evolutionary nature of the "brown algal crown radiation". Mol Phylogenet Evol 2010; 56:659-74. [PMID: 20412862 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2009] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The most conspicuous feature in previous phaeophycean phylogenies is a large polytomy known as the brown algal crown radiation (BACR). The BACR encompasses 10 out of the 17 currently recognized brown algal orders. A recent study has been able to resolve a few nodes of the BACR, suggesting that it may be a soft polytomy caused by a lack of signal in molecular markers. The present work aims to refine relationships within the BACR and investigate the nature and timeframe of the diversification in question using a dual approach. A multi-marker phylogeny of the brown algae was built from 10 mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear loci (>10,000 nt) of 72 phaeophycean taxa, resulting in trees with well-resolved inter-ordinal relationships within the BACR. Using Bayesian relaxed molecular clock analysis, it is shown that the BACR is likely to represent a gradual diversification spanning most of the Lower Cretaceous rather than a sudden radiation. Non-molecular characters classically used in ordinal delimitation were mapped on the molecular topology to study their evolutionary history.
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- Thomas Silberfeld
- UMR 7138, UPMC, MNHN, CNRS, IRD: Systématique, adaptation, évolution, Département Systématique & évolution, USM 603, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France.
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Sun H, Zheng Z, Huang Y. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of complete mitochondrial DNA genomes of two grasshopper speciesGomphocerus rufus(Linnaeus, 1758) andPrimnoa arctica(Zhang and Jin, 1985) (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 21:115-31. [DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2010.482585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Barbrook AC, Howe CJ, Kurniawan DP, Tarr SJ. Organization and expression of organellar genomes. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2010; 365:785-97. [PMID: 20124345 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Protist mitochondrial genomes show a very wide range of gene content, ranging from three genes for respiratory chain components in Apicomplexa and dinoflagellates to nearly 100 genes in Reclinomonas americana. In many organisms the rRNA genes are fragmented, although still functional. Some protist mitochondria encode a full set of tRNAs, while others rely on imported molecules. There is similarly a wide variation in mitochondrial genome organization, even among closely related groups. Mitochondrial gene expression and control are generally poorly characterized. Transcription probably relies on a 'viral-type' RNA polymerase, although a 'bacterial-type' enzyme may be involved in some cases. Transcripts are heavily edited in many lineages. The chloroplast genome generally shows less variation in gene content and organization, although greatly reduced genomes are found in dinoflagellate algae and non-photosynthetic organisms. Genes in the former are located on small plasmids in contrast to the larger molecules found elsewhere. Control of gene expression in chloroplasts involves transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation. Redox poise and the ATP/ADP ratio are likely to be important determinants. Some protists have an additional extranuclear genome, the nucleomorph, which is a remnant nucleus. Nucleomorphs of two separate lineages have a number of features in common.
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- Adrian C Barbrook
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
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Tsui CKM, Marshall W, Yokoyama R, Honda D, Lippmeier JC, Craven KD, Peterson PD, Berbee ML. Labyrinthulomycetes phylogeny and its implications for the evolutionary loss of chloroplasts and gain of ectoplasmic gliding. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2008; 50:129-40. [PMID: 18977305 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2008] [Revised: 09/23/2008] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The labyrinthulomycetes, also known as the 'Labyrinthulomycota' are saprotrophic or less frequently parasitic stramenopilan protists, usually in marine ecosystems. Their distinguishing feature is an 'ectoplasmic net,' an external cytoplasmic network secreted by a specialized organelle that attaches the cell to its substrate and secretes digestive enzymes for absorptive nutrition. In this study, one of our aims was to infer the phylogenetic position of the labyrinthulomycetes relative to the non-photosynthetic bicoeceans and oomycetes and the photosynthetic ochrophytes and thereby evaluate patterns of change from photosynthesis to saprotrophism among the stramenopiles. For the labyrinthulomycetes, we determined sequences of the actin, beta-tubulin, and elongation factor 1-alpha gene fragments and where necessary, ribosomal small subunit (SSU) genes. Multilocus analysis using standard tree construction techniques not only strongly supported the oomycetes as the sister group to the phototrophic stramenopiles, but also, for the first time with moderate statistical support, showed that the labyrinthulomycetes and the bicoecean as sister groups. The paraphyly of the non-photosynthetic groups was consistent with independent loss of photosynthesis in labyrinthulomycetes and oomycetes. We also wished to develop a phylogenetically based hypothesis for the origin of the gliding cell bodies and the ectoplasmic net found in some labyrinthulomycetes. The cells of species in Labyrinthula and Aplanochytrium share a specialized form of motility involving gliding on ectoplasmic tracks. Before our study, only ribosomal DNA genes had been determined for these genera and their phylogenetic position in the labyrinthulomycetes was equivocal. Multilocus phylogenies applying our newly determined protein-coding sequences divided the labyrinthulomycetes between sister clades 'A' and 'B' and showed that the monophyletic group containing all of the gliding species was nested among non-gliding species in clade B. This phylogeny suggested that species that glide via an ectoplasm evolved from species that had used the ectoplasm mainly for anchorage and assimilation rather than motility.
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- Clement K M Tsui
- Department of Botany, #3529-6270 University Blvd., The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4.
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Kim E, Graham LE. EEF2 analysis challenges the monophyly of Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2621. [PMID: 18612431 PMCID: PMC2440802 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 06/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Classification of eukaryotes provides a fundamental phylogenetic framework for ecological, medical, and industrial research. In recent years eukaryotes have been classified into six major supergroups: Amoebozoa, Archaeplastida, Chromalveolata, Excavata, Opisthokonta, and Rhizaria. According to this supergroup classification, Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata each arose from a single plastid-generating endosymbiotic event involving a cyanobacterium (Archaeplastida) or red alga (Chromalveolata). Although the plastids within members of the Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata share some features, no nucleocytoplasmic synapomorphies supporting these supergroups are currently known. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS This study was designed to test the validity of the Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata through the analysis of nucleus-encoded eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 (EEF2) and cytosolic heat-shock protein of 70 kDa (HSP70) sequences generated from the glaucophyte Cyanophora paradoxa, the cryptophytes Goniomonas truncata and Guillardia theta, the katablepharid Leucocryptos marina, the rhizarian Thaumatomonas sp. and the green alga Mesostigma viride. The HSP70 phylogeny was largely unresolved except for certain well-established groups. In contrast, EEF2 phylogeny recovered many well-established eukaryotic groups and, most interestingly, revealed a well-supported clade composed of cryptophytes, katablepharids, haptophytes, rhodophytes, and Viridiplantae (green algae and land plants). This clade is further supported by the presence of a two amino acid signature within EEF2, which appears to have arisen from amino acid replacement before the common origin of these eukaryotic groups. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our EEF2 analysis strongly refutes the monophyly of the Archaeplastida and the Chromalveolata, adding to a growing body of evidence that limits the utility of these supergroups. In view of EEF2 phylogeny and other morphological evidence, we discuss the possibility of an alternative eukaryotic supergroup.
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- Eunsoo Kim
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
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Kim E, Lane CE, Curtis BA, Kozera C, Bowman S, Archibald JM. Complete sequence and analysis of the mitochondrial genome of Hemiselmis andersenii CCMP644 (Cryptophyceae). BMC Genomics 2008; 9:215. [PMID: 18474103 PMCID: PMC2397417 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 05/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cryptophytes are an enigmatic group of unicellular eukaryotes with plastids derived by secondary (i.e., eukaryote-eukaryote) endosymbiosis. Cryptophytes are unusual in that they possess four genomes-a host cell-derived nuclear and mitochondrial genome and an endosymbiont-derived plastid and 'nucleomorph' genome. The evolutionary origins of the host and endosymbiont components of cryptophyte algae are at present poorly understood. Thus far, a single complete mitochondrial genome sequence has been determined for the cryptophyte Rhodomonas salina. Here, the second complete mitochondrial genome of the cryptophyte alga Hemiselmis andersenii CCMP644 is presented. RESULTS The H. andersenii mtDNA is 60,553 bp in size and encodes 30 structural RNAs and 36 protein-coding genes, all located on the same strand. A prominent feature of the genome is the presence of a approximately 20 Kbp long intergenic region comprised of numerous tandem and dispersed repeat units of between 22-336 bp. Adjacent to these repeats are 27 copies of palindromic sequences predicted to form stable DNA stem-loop structures. One such stem-loop is located near a GC-rich and GC-poor region and may have a regulatory function in replication or transcription. The H. andersenii mtDNA shares a number of features in common with the genome of the cryptophyte Rhodomonas salina, including general architecture, gene content, and the presence of a large repeat region. However, the H. andersenii mtDNA is devoid of inverted repeats and introns, which are present in R. salina. Comparative analyses of the suite of tRNAs encoded in the two genomes reveal that the H. andersenii mtDNA has lost or converted its original trnK(uuu) gene and possesses a trnS-derived 'trnK(uuu)', which appears unable to produce a functional tRNA. Mitochondrial protein coding gene phylogenies strongly support a variety of previously established eukaryotic groups, but fail to resolve the relationships among higher-order eukaryotic lineages. CONCLUSION Comparison of the H. andersenii and R. salina mitochondrial genomes reveals a number of cryptophyte-specific genomic features, most notably the presence of a large repeat-rich intergenic region. However, unlike R. salina, the H. andersenii mtDNA does not possess introns and lacks a Lys-tRNA, which is presumably imported from the cytosol.
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- Eunsoo Kim
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Integrated Microbial Biodiversity Program, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Ikuta K, Kawai H, Müller DG, Ohama T. Recurrent invasion of mitochondrial group II introns in specimens of Pylaiella littoralis (brown alga), collected worldwide. Curr Genet 2008; 53:207-16. [PMID: 18224322 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0178-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2007] [Revised: 01/12/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The mitochondrial genome of a filamentous brown alga Pylaiella littoralis (strain CCMP 1907) has been reported to contain four group IIB introns in the LSU rRNA gene and three group IIA introns in the cox1 gene. We found extreme variability in the number of group II introns for these two genes by analyzing eight P. littoralis specimens collected at worldwide habitats. The first intron of the LSU rRNA gene from a specimen collected in France and the fourth intron from a specimen harvested in Japan exhibited an exceptionally long evolutionary distance when compared with the cognate introns found in P. littoralis specimens. Moreover, these introns harbored an intact or nearly intact tripartite ORF, suggesting they are the result of a recent invasion of cognate introns. Based on the fact that many of the target sites were intronless, we propose that opportunity of intron infection is the bottleneck step of the group II intron cycle which consists of invasion, degeneration, and complete loss from the target site.
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- Kyosuke Ikuta
- Department of Biology, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, Osaka 582-8582, Japan.
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Hoarau G, Coyer JA, Veldsink JH, Stam WT, Olsen JL. Glacial refugia and recolonization pathways in the brown seaweed Fucus serratus. Mol Ecol 2007; 16:3606-16. [PMID: 17845434 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03408.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The last glacial maximum (20,000-18,000 years ago) dramatically affected extant distributions of virtually all northern European biota. Locations of refugia and postglacial recolonization pathways were examined in Fucus serratus (Heterokontophyta; Fucaceae) using a highly variable intergenic spacer developed from the complete mitochondrial genome of Fucus vesiculosus. Over 1,500 samples from the entire range of F. serratus were analysed using fluorescent single strand conformation polymorphism. A total of 28 mtDNA haplotypes was identified and sequenced. Three refugia were recognized based on high haplotype diversities and the presence of endemic haplotypes: southwest Ireland, the northern Brittany-Hurd Deep area of the English Channel, and the northwest Iberian Peninsula. The Irish refugium was the source for a recolonization sweep involving a single haplotype via northern Scotland and throughout Scandinavia, whereas recolonization from the Brittany-Hurd Deep refugium was more limited, probably because of unsuitable soft-bottom habitat in the Bay of Biscay and along the Belgian and Dutch coasts. The Iberian populations reflect a remnant refugium at the present-day southern boundary of the species range. A generalized skyline plot suggested exponential population expansion beginning in the mid-Pleistocene with maximal growth during the Eems interglacial 128,000-67,000 years ago, implying that the last glacial maximum mainly shaped population distributions rather than demography.
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- G Hoarau
- Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.
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Evans KM, Wortley AH, Mann DG. An assessment of potential diatom "barcode" genes (cox1, rbcL, 18S and ITS rDNA) and their effectiveness in determining relationships in Sellaphora (Bacillariophyta). Protist 2007; 158:349-64. [PMID: 17581782 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Due to limited morphological differentiation, diatoms can be very difficult to identify and cryptic speciation is widespread. There is a need for a narrower species concept if contentious issues such as diatom biodiversities and biogeographies are to be resolved. We assessed the effectiveness of several genes (cox1, rbcL, 18S and ITS rDNA) to distinguish cryptic species within the model 'morphospecies', Sellaphora pupula agg. This is the first time that the suitability of cox1 as an identification tool for diatoms has been assessed. A range of cox1 primers was tested on Sellaphora and various outgroup taxa. Sequences were obtained for 34 isolates belonging to 22 Sellaphora taxa and three others (Pinnularia, Eunotia and Tabularia). Intraspecific divergences ranged from 0 to 5bp (=0.8%) and interspecific levels were at least 18bp (=c. 3%). Cox1 divergence was usually much greater than rbcL divergence and always much more variable than 18S rDNA. ITS rDNA sequences were more variable than cox1, but well-known problems concerning intragenomic variability caution against its use in identification. More information and less sequencing effort mean that cox1 can be a very useful aid in diatom identification. The usefulness of cox1 for determining phylogenetic relationships among Sellaphora species was also assessed and compared to rbcL. Tree topologies were very similar, although support values were generally lower for cox1.
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MESH Headings
- Algal Proteins/genetics
- Cyclooxygenase 1/genetics
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Algal/chemistry
- DNA, Algal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Diatoms/classification
- Diatoms/cytology
- Diatoms/genetics
- Genes, rRNA
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Algal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- Katharine M Evans
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK.
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Gachon CMM, Day JG, Campbell CN, Pröschold T, Saxon RJ, Küpper FC. The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP): a biological resource for protistan genomics. Gene 2007; 406:51-7. [PMID: 17614217 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Revised: 03/16/2007] [Accepted: 05/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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CCAP, the largest European protistan culture collection, is based at the Scottish Association for Marine Science near Oban, Scotland (http://www.ccap.ac.uk). The Collection comprises more than 2700 strains in the public domain, of which 1050 are marine algae, 1300 freshwater algae, and 350 protozoa. The primary mission of CCAP is to maintain and distribute defined cultures and their associated information to its customers. It also has a support and advisory function on all aspects of protistan science. In addition, it is involved in the training of students and researchers in algal identification and culture techniques. In light of the increasing number of fully sequenced protists, the CCAP is striving to provide targeted services and support to workers involved in all aspects of genomic research. At present, the Collection holds several hundred strains of genomic model taxa including: Acanthamoeba, Cafeteria, Cercomonas, Chlamydomonas, Chlorella, Cyanophora, Dictyostelium, Dunaliella, Ectocarpus, Emiliania, Euglena, Micromonas, Naegleria, Nephroselmis, Paramecium, Pavlova, Phaeodactylum, Porphyra, Pseudendoclonium, Pylaiella, Rhodomonas, Scenedesmus, Staurastrum, Tetrahymena, Thalassiosira, Volvox and Zygnema. These strains provide a defined representation of natural variation within model organisms, an increasingly useful resource for post-genomics approaches. Our aim over the next 2-5 years is to add value to the Collection by increasing the number of genome model species, and by offering an integrated, up-to-date, easy-to-use resource that would provide curated information on our strain holdings. In collaboration with other major Biological Resource Centres worldwide, we intend to build a hub providing access to both protistan cultures and their associated bioinformatics data.
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- Claire M M Gachon
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Dunbeg by Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK.
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Martin FN, Bensasson D, Tyler BM, Boore JL. Mitochondrial genome sequences and comparative genomics of Phytophthora ramorum and P. sojae. Curr Genet 2007; 51:285-96. [PMID: 17310332 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-007-0121-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 01/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The sequences of the mitochondrial genomes of the oomycetes Phytophthora ramorum and P. sojae were determined during the course of complete nuclear genome sequencing (Tyler et al., Science, 313:1261,2006). Both mitochondrial genomes are circular mapping, with sizes of 39,314 bp for P. ramorum and 42,977 bp for P. sojae. Each contains a total of 37 recognizable protein-encoding genes, 26 or 25 tRNAs (P. ramorum and P. sojae, respectively) specifying 19 amino acids, six more open reading frames (ORFs) that are conserved, presumably due to functional constraint, across Phytophthora species (P. sojae, P. ramorum, and P. infestans), six ORFs that are unique for P. sojae and one that is unique for P. ramorum. Non-coding regions comprise about 11.5 and 18.4% of the genomes of P. ramorum and P. sojae, respectively. Relative to P. sojae, there is an inverted repeat of 1,150 bp in P. ramorum that includes an unassigned unique ORF, a tRNA gene, and adjacent non-coding sequences, but otherwise the gene order in both species is identical. Comparisons of these genomes with published sequences of the P. infestans mitochondrial genome reveals a number of similarities, but the gene order in P. infestans differed in two adjacent locations due to inversions and specific regions of the genomes exhibited greater divergence than others. For example, the breakpoints for the inversions observed in P. infestans corresponded to regions of high sequence divergence in comparisons between P. ramorum and P. sojae and the location of a hypervariable microsatellite sequence (eight repeats of 24 bp) in the P. sojae genome corresponds to a site of major length variation in P. infestans. Although the overwhelming majority of each genome is conserved (81-92%), there are a number of genes that evolve more rapidly than others. Some of these rapidly evolving genes appear specific to Phytophthora, arose recently, and future evaluation of their function and the effects of their loss could prove fruitful for understanding the phylogeny of these devastating plant pathogens.
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- Frank N Martin
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS, Salinas, CA 93905, USA.
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Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Oudot-Le Secq MP, Stam WT, Olsen JL. A mtDNA-based phylogeny of the brown algal genus Fucus (Heterokontophyta; Phaeophyta). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2006; 39:209-22. [PMID: 16495086 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2005] [Revised: 12/05/2005] [Accepted: 01/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Species of Fucus are among the dominant seaweeds along Northern Hemisphere shores, but taxonomic designations often are confounded by significant intraspecific morphological variability. We analyzed intra- and inter-specific phylogenetic relationships within the genus (275 individuals representing 16 taxa) using two regions of the mitochondrion: a variable intergenic spacer and a conserved portion of the 23S subunit. Bayesian ML and MP analyses verified a shallow phylogeny with two major lineages (previously reported) and resolved some intra-lineage relationships. Significant species-level paraphyly/polyphyly was observed within lineages 1A and 2. Despite higher species richness in the North Atlantic, a North Pacific origin of the genus is supported by a gradient of decreasing haplotype and nucleotide diversities in F. distichus from the North Pacific to the East Atlantic.
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- James A Coyer
- Department of Marine Biology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.
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