Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the Oomycetes

Phytophthora nicotianae is one of the most destructive plant pathogens affecting a variety of plants, causing black shank of tobacco, among several other devastating diseases. Herein, we assembled the mitochondrial genome of P. nicotianae and analyzed its gene content and genome structure, performed...

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Main Authors: Xiaolong Yuan, Chao Feng, Zhongfeng Zhang, Chengsheng Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01484/full
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Chao Feng
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Chengsheng Zhang
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description Phytophthora nicotianae is one of the most destructive plant pathogens affecting a variety of plants, causing black shank of tobacco, among several other devastating diseases. Herein, we assembled the mitochondrial genome of P. nicotianae and analyzed its gene content and genome structure, performed comparative mitochondrial genomics analysis, and assessed phylogenetic relationships among oomycetes species. The circular mitogenome is 37,561 bp long, with 38 protein-coding genes, 25 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rrnl and rrns). The mitochondrial genome showed a biased A/T usage versus G/C. The overall gene content and size of the P. nicotianae mitogenome are identical to those of other published Phytophthora mitogenomes. Interestingly, collinearity analysis using an existing ∼10 k inversion region (including 11 genes and 8 tRNAs) revealed that Phytophthora andina, Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora mirabilis, Phytophthora ipomoeae, and Phytophthora phaseoli differed from Phytophthora nicotianae, Phytophthora sojae, Phytophthora ramorum, and Phytophthora polonica. Moreover, inverted repeat regions were found to be absent among species of the Peronosporales when compared with species from the Pythiales and Saprolegniales. A phylogenomic investigation based on 29 protein-coding genes demonstrated that Phytophthora is monophyletic, and placed P. nicotianae close to the clade including P. mirabilis, P. ipomoeae, P. andina, P. infestans, and P. phaseoli. Furthermore, we discovered six new candidate DNA molecular markers (rpl6, atp8, nad11, rps2, rps3, and rps4) based on these mitogenomes that would be suitable for species identification in the oomycetes, which have the same identification level as the whole mitogenome and ribosomal DNA sequences. These new molecular markers can not only provide a quick preview of the species without mitogenome information, but will also help to gain better understanding of the oomycetes pathogens and developing treatment or monitoring strategies.
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spelling doaj.art-5b0ae82eaebf40dd8c6457c059ab3b932022-12-22T01:29:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2017-08-01810.3389/fmicb.2017.01484272605Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the OomycetesXiaolong Yuan0Chao Feng1Chao Feng2Zhongfeng Zhang3Chengsheng Zhang4Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesQingdao, ChinaTobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesQingdao, ChinaTobacco Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China TobaccoQingdao, ChinaTobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesQingdao, ChinaTobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesQingdao, ChinaPhytophthora nicotianae is one of the most destructive plant pathogens affecting a variety of plants, causing black shank of tobacco, among several other devastating diseases. Herein, we assembled the mitochondrial genome of P. nicotianae and analyzed its gene content and genome structure, performed comparative mitochondrial genomics analysis, and assessed phylogenetic relationships among oomycetes species. The circular mitogenome is 37,561 bp long, with 38 protein-coding genes, 25 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rrnl and rrns). The mitochondrial genome showed a biased A/T usage versus G/C. The overall gene content and size of the P. nicotianae mitogenome are identical to those of other published Phytophthora mitogenomes. Interestingly, collinearity analysis using an existing ∼10 k inversion region (including 11 genes and 8 tRNAs) revealed that Phytophthora andina, Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora mirabilis, Phytophthora ipomoeae, and Phytophthora phaseoli differed from Phytophthora nicotianae, Phytophthora sojae, Phytophthora ramorum, and Phytophthora polonica. Moreover, inverted repeat regions were found to be absent among species of the Peronosporales when compared with species from the Pythiales and Saprolegniales. A phylogenomic investigation based on 29 protein-coding genes demonstrated that Phytophthora is monophyletic, and placed P. nicotianae close to the clade including P. mirabilis, P. ipomoeae, P. andina, P. infestans, and P. phaseoli. Furthermore, we discovered six new candidate DNA molecular markers (rpl6, atp8, nad11, rps2, rps3, and rps4) based on these mitogenomes that would be suitable for species identification in the oomycetes, which have the same identification level as the whole mitogenome and ribosomal DNA sequences. These new molecular markers can not only provide a quick preview of the species without mitogenome information, but will also help to gain better understanding of the oomycetes pathogens and developing treatment or monitoring strategies.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01484/fullPhytophthora nicotianaemitochondrial genomecomparative genomicsphylogenetic relationshipmolecular markers
spellingShingle Xiaolong Yuan
Chao Feng
Chao Feng
Zhongfeng Zhang
Chengsheng Zhang
Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the Oomycetes
Frontiers in Microbiology
Phytophthora nicotianae
mitochondrial genome
comparative genomics
phylogenetic relationship
molecular markers
title Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the Oomycetes
title_full Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the Oomycetes
title_fullStr Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the Oomycetes
title_full_unstemmed Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the Oomycetes
title_short Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Phytophthora nicotianae and Identification of Molecular Markers for the Oomycetes
title_sort complete mitochondrial genome of phytophthora nicotianae and identification of molecular markers for the oomycetes
topic Phytophthora nicotianae
mitochondrial genome
comparative genomics
phylogenetic relationship
molecular markers
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01484/full
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