A gene-rich and compact chloroplast genome of the green alga Nephroselmis pyriformis (N.Carter) Ettl 1982 from the shores of Mersin (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Romain Gastineau; Merve Konucu; Dilek Tekdal; Claude Lemieux; Monique Turmel; Andrzej Witkowski; Elif Eker-Develi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1866461

A gene-rich and compact chloroplast genome of the green alga Nephroselmis pyriformis (N.Carter) Ettl 1982 from the shores of Mersin (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 5;6(2):308-310. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1866461.

Authors

Romain Gastineau¹, Merve Konucu^{2

3}, Dilek Tekdal⁴, Claude Lemieux⁵, Monique Turmel⁵, Andrzej Witkowski¹, Elif Eker-Develi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland.
² Department of Biotechnology, Mersin University, Institute of Graduate Studies in Science, Yenişehir, Mersin, Turkey.
³ Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University BW24, Gent, Belgium.
⁴ Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biotechnology, Mersin University, Yenişehir, Mersin, Turkey.
⁵ Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
⁶ Faculty of Education, Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Mersin University, Ciftlikkoy, Mersin, Turkey.

Abstract

We report the complete chloroplast genome of the MED1 strain of Nephroselmis pyriformis from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. At 111,026 bp, this genome is smaller and more compact than those of Nephroselmis olivacea and Nephroselmis astigmatica, and in contrast to the latter taxa, its inverted repeat contains no complete protein-coding genes. It encodes 3 rRNAs, 33 tRNAs and 94 proteins. Maximum likelihood analysis of a concatenated set of chloroplast genes from green algae belonging to deep-diverging lineages positioned the three Nephroselmis species in a strongly supported clade in which N. pyriformis is sister to N. astigmatica.

Keywords: Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Nephroselmis; chlorophyta; chloroplast genome; gene-rich and compact.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme GHaNA (The Genus Haslea, New marine resources for blue biotechnology and Aquaculture) under Grant Agreement No [734708/GHANA/H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016], by the 2017–2021 research funds granted for the implementation of a co-financed international research project from Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, TUBITAK grant [115Y767], and by Mersin University [BAP 2016-2-TP-2-1912] project.