Wibisana Johannes Nicolaus, Plessy Charles, Dierckxsens Nicolas, Masunaga Aki, Miao Jiashun, Luscombe Nicholas M
Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Okinawa, 9040497, Japan.
F1000Res. 2025 Mar 7;13:1357. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.157311.2. eCollection 2024.
Appendicularians are planktonic tunicates abundant all over the world. Currently, only two complete annotated mitochondrial genome assemblies are available for appendicularians, both for cryptic species of This underrepresentation of available appendicularian mitochondrial genomes limits environmental DNA sequencing (eDNA) studies that rely on mitochondrial markers as a taxonomic barcode. We report the complete mitochondrial genome assembly and annotation of an unknown appendicularian species isolated from the Amami Oshima island, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, that has significant sequence difference with other currently available assemblies and will serve as a useful resource for ecological studies and further mitochondrial studies of appendicularians.
尾海鞘纲动物是遍布全球的浮游被囊动物。目前,尾海鞘纲动物仅有两个完整注释的线粒体基因组组装序列,且均为隐存种。尾海鞘纲动物线粒体基因组的这种代表性不足限制了依赖线粒体标记作为分类条形码的环境DNA测序(eDNA)研究。我们报告了从日本鹿儿岛县奄美大岛分离出的一种未知尾海鞘纲动物的完整线粒体基因组组装和注释,该物种与目前其他可用的组装序列有显著的序列差异,将为尾海鞘纲动物的生态学研究和进一步的线粒体研究提供有用资源。