Comparison of the complete genome sequence of two closely related isolates of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense’ reveals genome plasticity

Table 1 Comparison of phytoplasma genomes

Strain	SLY	PAa	OY-M	AYWB	AT
Length (bp)	959,779	879,324	860,631	706,569	601,943
G + C content (%)	27	27	28	27	21.4
Protein-coding region (%)	78	74	73	72	78.9
No. protein-coding genes with assigned function	528	502	446	450	338
No. of conserved hypothetical genes	249	214	51	149	72
No. of hypothetical genes	349	123	257	72	87
Total no. genes	1126	839	754	671	497
No. of tRNA genes	35	35	32	31	32
No. of rRNA operons	2	2	2	2	2

General features of the chromosomes of complete phytoplasma genomes for ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense’ isolates SLY and PAa, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ isolates OY-M and AYWB, and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ isolate AT.

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