Abstract
The complete mitogenome of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) was determined to be 17,362 bp and contained 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and one control region. The whole genome base composition was 33.8% GC. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that M. septentrionalis be positioned next to M. auriculus in the Nearctic subclade of the Myotis genus. This complete mitochondrial genome provides essential molecular markers for resolving phylogeny and future conservation efforts.
Highlights
M. septentrionalis seems to be more susceptible to white-nose syndrome (WNS) than other closely related species, such as the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus); the cause of this susceptibility has yet to be determined and may be due to genetic differences or varying environmental preferences (Frick et al 2015; Langwig et al 2016)
We report the first complete mitogenome of M. septentrionalis and examine the phylogenetic position of M. septentrionalis within the genus Myotis based on complete mitogenomes
A representative tissue plug from an adult, female M. septentrionalis that was collected at the same site on the same evening was deposited at the University of Nebraska State Museum
Summary
To investigate the position of M. septentrionalis within the genus Myotis, we constructed a maximum likelihood tree based on 19 complete mitochondrial genomes using MEGA 6 under the GTR þ G þ I model with 500 bootstrap replicates (Pattengale et al 2010; Tamura et al 2013). KEYWORDS Myotis septentrionalis; mitochondrial genome; generation sequencing The northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) has recently experienced drastic population declines in eastern and midwestern parts of its range because of the invasive fungal disease white-nose syndrome (WNS) (Frick et al 2015; Langwig et al 2015).
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