Volume 6, Number 5—October 2000
Perspective
Comparative Genomics and Understanding of Microbial Biology
Table
Summary of predicted coding sequences from completed microbial genomes
| Genome size | ORF no. | Unknown | Unique | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organism | (Mbp) | no. (%) | no. (%) | |
| Archaoglobus fulgidus | 2.18 | 2437 | 1315 (54) | 641 (26) |
| Methanobacterium thermotautotrophicum | 1.75 | 1855 | 1010 (54) | 496 (27) |
| Methanococcus jannaschii | 1.66 | 1749 | 1076 (62) | 525 (30) |
| Pyrococcus horikoshii | 1.74 | 2061 | 859 (42) | 453 (22) |
| Aquifex aeolicus | 1.50 | 1521 | 663 (44) | 407 (27) |
| Bacillus subtilis | 4.20 | 4100 | 1722 (42) | 1053 (26) |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | 1.44 | 1751 | 1132 (65) | 682 (39) |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae | 1.23 | 1073 | 437 (40) | 186(17) |
| C. trachomatis | 1.04 | 894 | 290 (32) | 255 (28) |
| Deinococcus radiodurans | 3.28 | 3193 | 1515 (47) | 1001 (31) |
| Escherichia coli | 4.60 | 4288 | 1632 (38) | 1114 (26) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1.83 | 1692 | 592 (35) | 237 (14) |
| Helicobacter pylori | 1.66 | 1657 | 744 (45) | 539 (33) |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 4.41 | 3924 | 1521 (39) | 606 (15) |
| Mycoplasma genitalium | 0.58 | 470 | 173 (37) | 7 (2) |
| Mycobacterium pneumoniae | 0.81 | 677 | 248 (37) | 67 (10) |
| Rickettsia prowazekii | 1.11 | 834 | 311 (38) | 207 (25) |
| Synechocystis sp. | 3.57 | 3168 | 2384 (75) | 1426 (45) |
| Thermotoga maritima | 1.86 | 1877 | 863 (46) | 373 (20) |
| Treponema pallidum | 1.14 | 1040 | 461 (44) | 28 (27) |
| TOTALS | 41.6 | 40,261 | 18,948 (47) | 10,303 (26) |
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