Table 1 A list of genomes investigated in the paper
Organism Genome | Length (in bp) | Genes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Nanoarchaeum equitans | 490,885 | 536 | Minimal archaeum |
Mycoplasma genitalium | 580,076 | 476 | Minimal bacterium |
Mycoplasma mycoides | 1,211,703 | 1,016 | Venter’s experiment bacterium |
Haemophilus influenzae | 1,830,138 | 1,717 | First sequenced bacterium |
Escherichia coli | 4,639,675 | 4,685 | Bacterium model (K-12) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 6,264,404 | 5,566 | Ubiquitous bacterium |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 12,070,898 | 6,275 | Unicellular eukaryote (Yeast) |
Sorangium cellulosum | 13,033,779 | 9,700 | Longest genome bacterium |
Homo sapiens chr. 19 | 63,800,000 | 2,066 | Highest gene density H. chromosome |
Caenorhabditis elegans | 100,267,632 | 19,000 | Worm (around 1000 cells) |
Drosophila melanogaster | 129,663,327 | 14,000 | Insect (fruit fly) |
Homo sapiens chr. 1 | 247,000,000 | 3,511 | Longest Human chromosome |