The complete mitochondrial genome of insect-eating brandt's bat, Myotis brandtii ( Myotis , Vespertilionidae)

Abstract

In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of brandt's bat, Myotis brandtii. The genome is found to be 17,470 bp in length and has a base composition of A (33.1%), G (13.6%), C (24.6%), and T (28.6%). Similar to other bats, it contains a typically conserved structure including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 control region (D-loop). Most of the genes are encoded on H-strand, except for the eight tRNA and ND6 genes. All protein-coding genes start with an ATG codon except for ND2, ND3 and ND5, which initiate with ATC or ATA instead, and terminate with the typical stop codon (TAA/TAG) or a single T (T--) or an unexpected codon of AGA. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence provided here would be useful for further phylogenetic analysis and population genetic studies in M. brandtii.

Short Communication Complete mitochondrial genome and codon usage of the Nepalese whiskered bat Myotis muricola (Vespertilionidae)

“…The sequence GTATGC is repeated 58 times near the 3' end region of the CR and accounts for 19.8% of the size of the CR. Similar short tandem repeats in the CR have also been found in M. macrodactylus (60 CATACG repeats), M. davidii (68 CATACG repeats), and M. brandtii (60 CATACG repeats) (Nam et al, 2013;Jiang et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2014). Most of the variation in size between Myotis mitogenomes is due to these short tandem repeats.…”

The complete mitochondrial genome of the lesser sac-winged bat Saccopteryx leptura (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Costa Rica

“…As described for other bat mitogenomes , the mitochondrial genome of Saccopteryx leptura contained a slight A þ T bias with an overall base composition of 31.5% A, 28.3% T, 25.8% C, and 14.2% G, and a GC content of 40.1%. The gene arrangement of the present mitogenome is similar to that of other bats (Yu et al 2016;Jiang et al 2016 most used termination codon except for CYTB, which used an AGA termination codon. Incomplete stop codons (T-or TA-) were found in COX3 and ND4.…”

Structural characteristics of a mitochondrial control region from Myotis bat (Vespertilionidae) mitogenomes based on sequence datasets

“…Whole mitogenome sequences of five species of the genus Myotis ( M. muricola , M. brandtii , M. formosus , M. macrodactylus , and M. davidii ) have been previously reported [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] . We extracted the CR sequences of these five mitogenomes from GenBank ( Table 1 , Table 2 ).…”

“…We reported the structural characteristics of the CR from the genus Myotis , such as tandem repeat sequences and sequence composition, by analyzing the sequences extracted from five whole genomes. These characteristics may be responsible for the fast evolution of CR [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] . The datasets of CR sequences showed three common domains: extended terminal associated sequences (ETAS), central domain (CD), and conserved sequence block (CSB) ( Fig.…”