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Comparative Mitochondrial Genome Analysis of the Tobacco Endophytic Fungi Leptosphaerulina Chartarum and Curvularia Trifolii and the Phylogenetic Implications

Version 1 : Received: 4 July 2019 / Approved: 8 July 2019 / Online: 8 July 2019 (12:44:35 CEST)

How to cite: Yuan, X.; Cao, M.; Shen, G.; Zhang, H.; Du, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Li, Q.; Gao, J.; Xue, L.; Zhang, P. Comparative Mitochondrial Genome Analysis of the Tobacco Endophytic Fungi Leptosphaerulina Chartarum and Curvularia Trifolii and the Phylogenetic Implications. Preprints 2019, 2019070119. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201907.0119.v1 Yuan, X.; Cao, M.; Shen, G.; Zhang, H.; Du, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Li, Q.; Gao, J.; Xue, L.; Zhang, P. Comparative Mitochondrial Genome Analysis of the Tobacco Endophytic Fungi Leptosphaerulina Chartarum and Curvularia Trifolii and the Phylogenetic Implications. Preprints 2019, 2019070119. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201907.0119.v1

Abstract

In tobacco plants, symbiont endophytic fungi are widely distributed in all tissues where they play important roles. It is therefore important to determine the species distribution and characteristics of endophytic fungi in tobacco. Here, two parasitic fungi Leptosphaerulina chartarum and Curvularia trifolii were isolated and identified from normal tobacco tissue. We sequenced the mitogenomes of these two species and analysed their features, gene content, and evolutionary histories. The L. chartarum and C. trifolii mitochondrial genomes were 68,926 bp and 59,100 bp long circular molecules with average GC contents of 28.60% and 29.31%, respectively. The L. chartarum mitogenome contained 36 protein coding genes, 26 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes (rrnL and rrnS), which were located on both strands. The C. trifolii mitogenome contained 26 protein coding genes, 29 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes (rrnL and rrnS). The L. chartarum 26 tRNAs ranged from 70 bp to 84 bp in length, whereas the 29 tRNAs in C. trifolii ranged from 71 bp to 85 bp. L. chartarum and C. trifolii mtDNAs had an identical mitochondrial gene order and orientation and were phylogenetically identified as sisters. These data therefore provide an understanding of the gene content and evolutionary history of species within Pleosporales.

Keywords

Endophytic fungi, Leptosphaerulina chartarum; Curvularia trifolii; mitogenomes; gene content; phylogenetic implications

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology

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