Table 1 General features of the Shigella genomes compared with the genome of E. coli K12 MG1655
From: Complete genome sequence of Shigella flexneri 5b and comparison with Shigella flexneri 2a
Chromosome | MG1655* | Sd197†| Sf301†| Sf8401 | Sb227†| Ss046†|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total length (bp) | 4,639,675 | 4,369,232 | 4,607,203 | 4,574,284 | 4,519,823 | 4,825,265 |
No. of total ORFs | 4,254 | 4,557 | 4,434 | 4,316 | 4,353 | 4,434 |
No. of pseudogenes | 12 | 285 | 254 | 198 | 217 | 210 |
Percentage of CDS (%) | 87.3 | 77.2 | 80.4 | 80.8 | 80.5 | 80.5 |
G+C content (%) | 50.79 | 51.25 | 50.89 | 50.92 | 51.21 | 51.01 |
No. of 16S/23S/5S | 7/7/8 | 7/7/8 | 7/7/8 | 7/7/8 | 7/7/8 | 7/7/8 |
No. transfer RNA | 86 | 85 | 97 | 97 | 91 | 97 |
IS elements (percentage) | 44 (1%) | 623 (12%) | 314 (7%) | 278 (6.3%) | 403 (9%) | 394 (8%) |