| Literature DB >> 29576968 |
Aisha Tahir1, Fatma Hussain1, Nisar Ahmed2, Abdolbaset Ghorbani3, Amer Jamil1.
Abstract
In pursuit of developing fast and accurate species-level molecular identification methods, we tested six DNA barcodes, namely ITS2, matK, rbcLa, ITS2+matK, ITS2+rbcLa, matK+rbcLa and ITS2+matK+rbcLa, for their capacity to identify frequently consumed but geographically isolated medicinal species of Fabaceae and Poaceae indigenous to the desert of Cholistan. Data were analysed by BLASTn sequence similarity, pairwise sequence divergence in TAXONDNA, and phylogenetic (neighbour-joining and maximum-likelihood trees) methods. Comparison of six barcode regions showed that ITS2 has the highest number of variable sites (209/360) for tested Fabaceae and (106/365) Poaceae species, the highest species-level identification (40%) in BLASTn procedure, distinct DNA barcoding gap, 100% correct species identification in BM and BCM functions of TAXONDNA, and clear cladding pattern with high nodal support in phylogenetic trees in both families. ITS2+matK+rbcLa followed ITS2 in its species-level identification capacity. The study was concluded with advocating the DNA barcoding as an effective tool for species identification and ITS2 as the best barcode region in identifying medicinal species of Fabaceae and Poaceae. Current research has practical implementation potential in the fields of pharmaco-vigilance, trade of medicinal plants and biodiversity conservation.Entities:
Keywords: Combination barcodes; DNA barcoding; Internal transcribed spacer region (ITS2); Maturase k (matK); Medicinal plants; Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large chain (rbcLa); Species identification
Year: 2018 PMID: 29576968 PMCID: PMC5855882 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4499
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PeerJ ISSN: 2167-8359 Impact factor: 2.984
Sequence characteristics of ITS2, matK andLa in selected medicinal species of Fabaceae and Poaceae.
| Fabaceae | Poaceae | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITS2 | ITS2 | |||||
| Universality of primers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Percentage PCR success (%) | 85 | 71 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Percentage sequencing success (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| No. of species (No. of individuals) | 7(21) | 7(21) | 7(21) | 3(9) | 3(9) | 3(9) |
| No. of no sequence/singleton species | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aligned sequence length (bp) | 360 | 844 | 553 | 365 | 772 | 553 |
| Parsimony-Informative sites (bp) | 200 | 98 | 43 | 106 | 27 | 16 |
| Variable sites (bp) | 209 | 99 | 44 | 106 | 27 | 17 |
| Average interspecific distance (%) | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Average intraspecific distance (%) | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Figure 1Relative abundance of intra- and interspecific K2P pairwise distance for single and combination barcodes.
(A) ITS2. (B)matK. (C) rbcLa. (D) ITS2+matK. (E) ITS2+rbcLa. (F) matK+rbcLa. (G) ITS2+matK+rbc La.
Genus and species-level identification success of candidate barcodes by BLASTn analysis.
| Barcode region | Species-level identification rate | Genus-level identification rate |
|---|---|---|
| ITS2 | 40% (11/27) | 74% (20/27) |
| 37% (9/24) | 87% (21/24) | |
| 30% (9/30) | 90% (27/30) | |
| ITS2+ | 37% (9/24) | 87% (21/24) |
| ITS2+ | 22% (6/27) | 89% (24/27) |
| 37% (9/24) | 87% (21/24) | |
| ITS2+ | 37% (9/24) | 87% (21/24) |
Figure 2Species-level discrimination ability of candidate barcodes by BM and BCM analyses.
Discriminatory power of single and combination barcodes based on phylogenetic trees.
| DNA barcodes | Ability to discriminate (NJ) | Ability to discriminate (ML) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | I | II | ||
| ITS2 | 27 | 87.50 | 25.00 | 100.00 | 88.88 |
| 24 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 25.00 | |
| 30 | 88.88 | 44.44 | 88.88 | 55.55 | |
| ITS2+ | 24 | 100.00 | 75.00 | 100.00 | 55.55 |
| ITS2+ | 27 | 100.00 | 88.88 | 100.00 | 50.00 |
| 24 | 100.00 | 50.00 | 100.00 | 75.00 | |
| ITS2+ | 24 | 100.00 | 87.50 | 100.00 | 87.50 |
Notes.
Number of nucleotide sequences.
Column I: The percentage of conspecific monophyletic clusters. Column II: The percentage of conspecific monophyletic clusters with ≥99% bootstrap support value.
Neighbor Joining
Maximum Likelihood