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Complete chloroplast genome of Ulva pertusa, one of the causal species of green macroalgal blooms in the coastal waters of Qinhuangdao, China.

ABSTRACT: Since 2015, macroalgae blooms have appeared along the Qinhuangdao coast of the Bohai Sea in China and they have recurred annually during the months of April to September. One of the causal species that results in the macroalgal blooms, Ulva pertusa, has been detrimental to the environment and ecosystem along the coast of the Qinhuangdao, China. In the present study, we sequenced the chloroplast genome of U. pertusa for the first time (GenBank accession number MN853875) and found that the annular genome comprised 104,380 base pairs, including 71 protein-coding genes, 26 tRNAs, and 2 rRNAs. We then constructed a phylogenetic tree of U. pertusa and 17 other species based on core genes, which showed that U. pertusa is the closest sister species of U. fasciata.

SUBMITTER: Hongbin H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7748864 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Complete chloroplast genome of Ulva pertusa, one of the causal species of green macroalgal blooms in the coastal waters of Qinhuangdao, China.

Hongbin Han H Li Yan Y Wei Song S Zongling Wang W Xuelei Zhang Z

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 20200206 1

Since 2015, macroalgae blooms have appeared along the Qinhuangdao coast of the Bohai Sea in China and they have recurred annually during the months of April to September. One of the causal species that results in the macroalgal blooms, Ulva pertusa, has been detrimental to the environment and ecosystem along the coast of the Qinhuangdao, China. In the present study, we sequenced the chloroplast genome of U. pertusa for the first time (GenBank accession number MN853875) and found th ...[more]

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Complete chloroplast genome of Ulva pertusa, one of the causal species of green macroalgal blooms in the coastal waters of Qinhuangdao, China.

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Complete chloroplast genome of <i>Ulva pertusa</i>, one of the causal species of green macroalgal blooms in the coastal waters of Qinhuangdao, China.

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