Lee Chih-Chi, Wang John
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Sep 3;1(1):671-673. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1219633.
The mite is a microorganism feeder that uses the red imported fire ant () as a phoretic carrier for dispersal. We sequenced the mitogenome using next-generation sequencing methods. The circular mitogenome of is 15,892 bp and is composed of 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and 6 non-coding regions >100 bp. Most tRNAs are highly reduced, like those found in other Acariformes. Phylogenetic analysis based on the concatenated nucleotide sequence of the 13 protein-coding genes supports Histiostomatid mites forming the basal-most lineage in Astigmata.
这种螨虫是以微生物为食的，它利用入侵红火蚁作为扩散的携带宿主。我们使用下一代测序方法对该螨虫的线粒体基因组进行了测序。该螨虫的环状线粒体基因组为15892 bp，由13个蛋白质编码基因、两个核糖体RNA基因、22个转运RNA和6个长度大于100 bp的非编码区组成。大多数转运RNA高度简化，就像在其他蜱螨亚纲动物中发现的那样。基于13个蛋白质编码基因的串联核苷酸序列进行的系统发育分析支持了嗜皮螨科螨虫在粉螨亚目中形成最基部的谱系。
