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The plastid genome of the red alga Laurencia
Author(s) -
Verbruggen Heroen,
Costa Joana F.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/jpy.12297
Subject(s) - plastid , biology , ceramiales , genome , laurencia , rhodomelaceae , red algae , algae , genetics , gene , ribosomal rna , botany , chloroplast
We present the 174,935 nt long plastid genome of the red alga Laurencia sp. JFC 0032. 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 tRNA s, a single‐copy ribosomal RNA cistron, a tm RNA , and the RN ase P RNA .