Next-generation sequencing yields the complete organellar genomes of kelp Lessonia flavicans (Lessoniaceae, Phaeophyceae) from the Sub-Antarctic ecoregion of Magallanes, Chile

Danilo E Bustamante; Andres Mansilla; Martha S Calderon; Sebastian Rosenfeld; Juan P Rodriguez; Fabio Mendez; Francisco Bahamonde; Karin Gerard; Zambra Lopez; Constanza Ceroni; Veronica Aros; Carolina Perez

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1688123

Next-generation sequencing yields the complete organellar genomes of kelp Lessonia flavicans (Lessoniaceae, Phaeophyceae) from the Sub-Antarctic ecoregion of Magallanes, Chile

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Nov 12;4(2):3954-3955. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1688123.

Authors

Danilo E Bustamante¹, Andres Mansilla^{2

3}, Martha S Calderon^{1

2}, Sebastian Rosenfeld^{2

3}, Juan P Rodriguez², Fabio Mendez², Francisco Bahamonde², Karin Gerard^{2

4}, Zambra Lopez⁵, Constanza Ceroni², Veronica Aros², Carolina Perez^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru.
² Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Marinos Antárticos y Sub-antárticos (LEMAS), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.
³ Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Punta Arenas, Chile.
⁴ Centro de Investigacion Gaia-Antartica (CIGA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.
⁵ Centro de Investigación Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Punta Arenas, Chile.
⁶ Laboratorio Wankara, Universidad de Magallanes, Puerto Williams, Chile.

Abstract

The generitype Lessonia flavicans Bory is an endemic and important kelp from Sub-Antarctic Magellanic ecoregion that shows affinity to extreme salinity, temperature, and photoperiod conditions. Genomic analysis of L. flavicans from Rinconada Bulnes, Punta Arenas, Chile, resulted in the assembly of its organellar genomes. The L. flavicans complete mitogenome is 37,226 base pairs (bp) in length and contains 66 genes (GenBank accession number MN561186), the complete plastid genome is 130,085 bp and has 173 genes (MN561187) and the data assembled 8205 bp of the nuclear ribosomal cistron (MN561188). The organellar genomes are similar in structure and content to L. spicata (Suhr) Santelices and other Laminariales.

Keywords: Chile; Sub-Antarctic Magellanic ecoregion; kelp; mitogenome; plastid genome.