Journal article
The plastid genome of the red alga Laurencia
H Verbruggen, JF Costa
Journal of Phycology | WILEY | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12297
Abstract
We present the 174,935 nt long plastid genome of the red alga Laurencia sp. JFC0032. It is the third plastid genome characterized for the largest order of red algae (Ceramiales). The circular-mapping plastid genome is small compared to most florideophyte red algae, and our comparisons show a trend toward smaller plastid genome sizes in the family Rhodomelaceae, independent from a similar trend in Cyanidiophyceae. The Laurencia genome is densely packed with 200 annotated protein-coding genes (188 widely conserved, 3 open reading frames shared with other red algae and 9 hypothetical coding regions). It has 29 tRNAs, a single-copy ribosomal RNA cistron, a tmRNA, and the RNase P RNA.
Grants
Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding was provided by the Australian Research Council (FT110100585 to HV), the Australian Biological Resources Study (RFL213-08 to HV), and the University of Melbourne (MIRS/MIFRS to JFC). We thank Stephanie Muller and Eric Antoniou at the CSHL genome center for sequencing the sample. We are grateful to Yola Metti for comments about the identity of the sample. We thank Mike Van Keulen and Frazer McGregor (Coral Bay Research Station, Murdoch University) and Peter Barnes from Parks WA for facilitating field work.