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Abstract

Powdery mildews comprise a large group of economically important phytopathogenic fungi. However, limited information exists on their mitochondrial genomes. Here, we assembled and compared the mitochondrial genomes of the powdery mildew pathogens f. sp. , , and . Included in the comparative analysis was also the mitochondrial genome of that was previously analysed. The mitochondrial genomes of the four Erysiphales exhibit a similar gene content and organization but a large variation in size, with sizes ranging from 109800 bp in f. sp. to 332165 bp in , which is the largest mitochondrial genome of a fungal pathogen reported to date. Further comparative analysis revealed an unusual bimodal GC distribution in the mitochondrial genomes of f. sp. and that was not previously observed in fungi. The cytochrome () genes of , and were also exceptionally rich in introns, which in turn harboured rare open reading frames encoding reverse transcriptases that were likely acquired horizontally. had also the longest gene (45 kb) among 703 fungal genes analysed. Collectively, these results provide novel insights into the organization of mitochondrial genomes of powdery mildew pathogens and represent valuable resources for population genetics and evolutionary studies.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • University of California, Davis, Dean’s Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (DDGF) program
    • Principle Award Recipient: AlexZanella Zaccaron
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture (Award 2018-03375)
    • Principle Award Recipient: IoannisStergiopoulos
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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