Application of DNA barcodes in identification of ginseng samples in the genus Panax L.

Lê Thanh Hương, Nguyễn Nhật Linh, Bùi Mạnh Minh, Hà Hồng Hạnh, Huỳnh Thị Thu Huệ, Nông Văn Hải, Hà Văn Huân, Lê Thị Thu Hiền
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  • Lê Thanh Hương Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
  • Nguyễn Nhật Linh Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
  • Bùi Mạnh Minh Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
  • Hà Hồng Hạnh Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
  • Huỳnh Thị Thu Huệ Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
  • Nông Văn Hải Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
  • Hà Văn Huân Vietnam National University of Forestry
  • Lê Thị Thu Hiền Vietnam National University of Forestry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/15/1/12321

Keywords:

DNA barcodes, Panax L. genus, Panax vietnamensis Ha et Grushv., Panax stipuleanatus, Panax bipinnatifidus

Abstract

Identification of species based on DNA sequences (DNA barcodes) is an aid to a taxonomic classification using morphological characteristics. DNA barcoding uses standard short genomic regions that are universally present in target lineages and has sufficient sequence variation to identify species in the genus. A variety of loci has been suggested as DNA barcodes for plants, including genes and non-coding regions in the nuclear and plastid genomes such as psbA-trnH, matK, rbcL, and ITS. In this study, we evaluated five potential DNA barcodes including 18S, ITS, matK, psbA-trnH, and rbcL for their ability to distinguish between species across our samples in the genus Panax L. Multiple alignments with 41 GenBank sequences selected from 9 species showed that the 18S region had the highest level of average similarity (99.87 %), followed by rbcL, matK, psbA-trnH, and ITS regions with lower levels of average similarities (99.27 %, 98.66 %, 96.82 % and 96.50 %, respectively). The phylogenetic trees showed that four of eleven ginseng samples were Panax vietnamensis Ha et Grushv., and three samples were Panax stipuleanatus with bootstrap values of 100 %. However, sequences of all five screened loci in the last four samples, which were considered as Panax bipinnatifidus based on morphological characteristics, were highly similar to Panax stipuleanatus with the level of sequence similarity reached 99.81 % - 100 %. In addition, our results showed that of five investigated DNA regions, ITS, and psbA-trnH were the most promising barcodes that could identify P. vietnamensis Ha et Grushv. and P. stipuleanatus species within the genus Panax L.

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Published

20-04-2018

How to Cite

Hương, L. T., Linh, N. N., Minh, B. M., Hạnh, H. H., Huệ, H. T. T., Hải, N. V., Huân, H. V., & Hiền, L. T. T. (2018). Application of DNA barcodes in identification of ginseng samples in the genus Panax L. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology, 15(1), 63–72. https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/15/1/12321

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