Comparison of eight complete plastid genomes from three moss families Amblystegiaceae, Calliergonaceae and Pylaisiaceae.

We sequenced and assembled eight complete plastid genomes from three closely related pleurocarpous moss families: Amblystegium serpens, Campyliadelphus stellatus, Cratoneuron filicinum, Drepanocladus aduncus, and Leptodictyum humile (Amblystegiaceae), Calliergon sarmentosum and Warnstorfia exannulata (Calliergonaceae), and Calliergonella cuspidata (Pylaisiaceae). The newly generated plastid genomes range from 124,256 to 124,819 bp, with two inverted repeat regions (9,624-9,696 bp) separated by a large single-copy region (86,422-86,924 bp) and a small single-copy region (18,430-18,514 bp). All these plastid genomes encode 116 unique genes including 82 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes and four rRNAgenes. The overall GC content is between 28.6%-29.3%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all Amblystegiaceae species Amblystegium serpens, Campyliadelphus stellatus, Cratoneuron filicinum, Drepanocladus aduncus, Leptodictyum humile, and Sanionia uncinata clustered in one clade, which is sister to the Pylaisiaceae species Calliergonella cuspidata. The two Calliergonaceae species Calliergon sarmentosum and Warnstorfia exannulata form a clade and is sister to Amblystegiaceae and Pylaisiaceae.