The complete mitochondrial genome of Pseudofabraea citricarpa (Dermateaceae: Helotiales) causing Citrus target spot

Abstract

Pseudofabraea citricarpa (Dermateaceae: Helotiales) is known as a significant pathogen causing Citrus target spot disease and results in profound yield loss. In the present study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) determined based on next-generation sequencing technology. The circular mitogenome (56,935 bp) comprised 14 conserved protein-coding genes (PCGs), 16 ORFs, two ribosomal RNA genes (rns and rnl), one non-coding RNA gene (rnpB), one ribosomal protein S3 (rps3) and 28 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. The overall base composition is as follows: 36.08% A, 35.25% T, 13.04% C, and 15.63% G, with a GC content of 28.70%. The phylogenetic analysis shows that P. citricarpa, belonging to Dermateaceae, forms a separate clade and is sister to Sclerotiniaceae. The mitogenome of P. citricarpa reported in this study provides more molecular data for further research on the evolutionary relationships of Helotiales.

Keywords:

• Mitochondrial genome
• plant pathogen
• phylogenetic analysis

Author contributions

Conceived and designed the study: Hui Li. Performed the experiments: Songlin Xu and Mei Yang. Analyzed the data: Wenjing Zhang and Zhengang Duan. Draft the manuscript: Jinhui He. Revised the manuscript: Jinhui He. Final approval of the version to be published: Mingliang Ding and Quan Chen. All authors agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Ethics statement

The study did not involve humans or animals. In this study, samples of citrus target spot disease can be collected without ethical approval or permission.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/ON960225.1/ under the reference number ON960225. The associated “BioProject”, “Bio-Sample”, and “SRA” numbers are PRJNA917114, SAMN32522014, and SRR22953112, respectively.

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Funding

This work was funded by the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission [KJ202301289858551 and KJ202101254125241], the Chongqing Wanzhou District Science and Technology Plan Project [wzstc-20210211], and the Science and Technology Planning Project of Yunnan Province [202207AB110016].