China Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 3190-3201.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2025.07.020

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Characterization Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Rhabdias bufonis

YANG Yan1, HU Yanming2, DING Jian2, LI Ben1,3, HE Yutong1, LIU Xuewei1, WANG Jiawen1, LAN Zhuo1, QIU Hongyu1, GAO Junfeng1, WANG Chunren1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases of Daqing, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, China;
    2. Heilongjiang Provincial Animal Quarantine Center, Harbin 150000, China;
    3. Center for Prevention and Control of Animal Diseases, Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Huanan County, Huanan 154400, China
  • Received:2024-11-12 Online:2025-07-05 Published:2025-07-01

Abstract: 【Objective】 The aim of this experiment was to obtain the complete mitochondrial genome of Rhabdias bufonis and analyze its characteristics. 【Method】 The mitochondrial genes of Rhabdias bufonis were amplified by PCR,and the whole mitochondrial genome of Rhabdias bufonis was obtained by sequencing,annotation,assembly and spliceover,and the sequence analysis was performed.Using Camallanus lacustris as an outgroup,based on the amino acid series of 12 protein-coding genes (PCGs) in mitochondria.The phylogenetic tree was constructed by Neighbor-Joining (NJ) and Bayesian inference (BI) method for evolutionary analysis. 【Result】 The mitochondrial genome of Rhabdias bufonis was a circular structure with a total length of 14 208 bp,consisting of 12 PCGs,22 tRNAs,2 rRNAs and 2 non-coding control regions.The base composition of the mitochondrial genome,AT content was 75%,GC content was 25%,AT-skew was 0.26,GC-skew was -0.36,showing obvious AT bias.PCGs used ATG and GTG as start codons and TGA,TAA and incomplete TA- as stop codon.Secondary structure analysis of tRNAs showed that the trnS2 and trnH genes lacked dihydroouracil (DHU) arm,and the rest were typical clover structures.Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that Tylenchina was divided into two large clades,Cephaloboidea and Tylenchoidea formed clade Ⅰ,Strongyloidoidea,Steinernematoidea,Aphelenchoidea and Panagrolaimoidea formed clade Ⅱ.In clade Ⅱ,Steinernematidae and Rhabdiasidae gathered together to form a branch and grouped to another sisters branch formed by Aphelenchoidiae and Panagrolaimidae.Howerver,Strongyloididae independently formed another large branch.In Rhabdiasidae,Rhabdias bufonis from forest frog in this study and the Rhabdias bufonis (OR725306) from toad gathered together,and it was more closely to two strains of Rhabdias kafunata.The amphibian-parasitic Rhabdias sp.and the insect-associated Steinernema sp.clustered together,which exhibited more closer to the plant-parasitic Aphelenchoididae than to the mammalian-parasitic Strongyloididae. 【Conclusion】 In this study,the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Rhabdias bufonis from forest frog was obtained. The phylogenetic relationship between Steinernematidae and Rhabdiasidae was obviously close to that of Strongyloididae,supporting the validity of Steinernematoidea as an independent taxonomic order,and Steinernematidae should be included in Steinernematoidea.The results provided basic information for the taxonomy,population genetics and phylogeny of Rhabdiasidae.

Key words: Rhabdias bufonis; mitochondrial genome; sequence analysis; genetic evolutionary analysis

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