Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of lineages I, II, and III strains of Listeria monocytogenes

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Table 1 General features of L. monocytogenes 1/2a EGD-e, L. monocytogenes 4a L99, L. monocytogenes 4b CLIP80459, L. monocytogenes 4b F2365 and L. innocua 6a CLIP11262

	L. monocytogenes 4a L99	L. monocytogenes 4b CLIP80459	L. monocytogenes 4b F2365	L. monocytogenes 1/2a EGD-e	L. innocua 6a CLIP11262
Size of chromosome [bp]	2979198	2912690	2905187	2944528	3011208
G + C content [%]	38.2	38.1	38.0	38.0	37.4
G + C content of protein-coding genes [%]	38.7	38.5	38.5	38.4	37.8
Protein-coding genes (pseudogenes)	2925 (1)	2790 (24)	2821 (26)	2855 (9)	2981 (13)
Average length of protein-coding genes [aa]	301	311	303	306	300
Number of rRNA operons (16 S-23 S-5 S)	6	6	6	6	6
Number of tRNA genes	67	67	67	67	66
Percentage coding	88.9	89.4	88.4	89.2	89.2
Number of prophages (genes)	4 (191)	1 (16)	1 (16)	2 (79)	6 (322)
Plasmid	0	0	0	0	1
Number of strain-specific genes*	111	49	105	120	89
Number of orthologous genes*	2623	2725	2699	2656	2570
Number of transposons	0	0	0	1	0
*Prophage genes excepted.

Core and specific genes were analyzed using orthologous pairs excluding prophage genes as described previously [3].

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