Haddad Nizar Jamal, Al-Nakeeb Kosai, Petersen Bent, Dalén Love, Blom Nikolaj, Sicheritz-Pontén Thomas
Bee Research Department, National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension, Amman, Jordan.
Department of Bio and Health Informatics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Mar 1;2(1):139-140. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1292480.
The Oriental Hornet () is a social insect belonging to the Vespiade family (Wasps, Hornets, Yellowjackets), genus (true Hornets). The oriental hornet is a scavenger and an agricultural pest, especially to bee farmers, but is also recently described as a harvester of solar energy. Here, we report the mitochondrial genome sequence of the Oriental Hornet, ., which may play a vital role in understanding this wasp biology, light trapping and generation of electricity. The mitochondrial genome of this hornet is 16,099 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 21 transfer RNA genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. The overall base composition of the heavy-strand is 40.3% A, 5.9% C, 13.2% G, and 40.6% T, the percentages of A and T being higher than that of G and C. The mitochondrial genome of the Oriental Hornet, . represents the first mitogenome of a solar energy harvesting insect.
东方大黄蜂（）是一种社会性昆虫，属于胡蜂科（黄蜂、大黄蜂、小黄蜂），属（真大黄蜂）。东方大黄蜂是食腐动物，也是农业害虫，尤其对养蜂人来说，但最近也被描述为太阳能收集者。在此，我们报告东方大黄蜂的线粒体基因组序列，即，这可能在理解这种黄蜂生物学、光捕获和发电方面发挥至关重要的作用。这种黄蜂的线粒体基因组长度为16,099 bp，包含13个蛋白质编码基因、21个转运RNA基因和2个核糖体RNA基因。重链的总体碱基组成为40.3%的A、5.9%的C、13.2%的G和40.6%的T，A和T的百分比高于G和C。东方大黄蜂的线粒体基因组代表了第一种太阳能收集昆虫的线粒体基因组。
