Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the phytopathogenic fungi Sclerotinia sclerotiorum JX-21

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is one of the most devastating necrotrophic fungal plant pathogens in agriculture causing diseases in over 400 species of plants including important crops and numerous weeds. In this work, the mitochondrial sequence of S. sclerotiorum with different strain obtained from the infected stems of Brassica campestris L. in Wangjiang County, Anhui Province, China is presented. The mt DNA codes for 14 proteins of the respiratory chain, 1 ribosomal protein, 2 homing endonucleases, 2 rRNAs, 25 tRNAs, and 5 hypothetical proteins ORFs. Phylogenetic analysis with protein-coding gene sequences of reported Ascomycota mt genomes revealed the close relationship of JX-21 with the family of Sclerotiniaceae.