Abstract
We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Mediterranean glass sponge Oopsacas minuta. This 19-kb mitochondrial genome has 24 noncoding genes (22 tRNAs and 2 rRNAs) and 14 protein-encoding genes coding for 11 subunits of respiratory chain complexes and 3 ATP synthase subunits.
Highlights
We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Mediterranean glass sponge Oopsacas minuta
Little information was available until eight mitochondrial DNA sequences of glass sponges were recently reported but not yet available in GenBank (3)
We present the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence of Oopsacas minuta, the first complete mtDNA sequence of a Lyssacinosida representative released in a database
Summary
We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Mediterranean glass sponge Oopsacas minuta. The phylogeny positions of sponges are still unclear, and mitochondrial protein-coding genes may be of help in resolving standing evolutionary issues, as well as in population/ecological studies (1). Oopsacas minuta is a small white glass sponge (Hexactinellida class, Lyssacinosida order) with a siliceous skeleton.
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