Table 1 Genome comparisons between E. faecium strains Aus0004 (ST17), Aus0085 (ST203) and TX16

Chromosome size (G + C%)

2,955,294 bp (38.4%)

2,994,661 bp (38.2%)

2,698,137 bp (38.15%)

Plasmids (size, G + C%)

Aus0004_p1 (56,520 bp, 35.4%)

Aus0085_p1 (130,716 bp, 34.9%)

pDO1 (36,262 bp, 36.51%)

Aus0004_p2 (4,119 bp, 36.8%)

Aus0085_p2 (67,314 bp, 35.2%)

pDO2 (66,247 bp, 34.38%)

Aus0004_p3 (3,847 bp, 39.0%)

Aus0085_p3 (31,004 bp, 34.6%)

pDO3 (251,926 bp, 35.97%)

Aus0085_p4 (9,319 bp, 30.9%)

Aus0085_p5 (4,072 bp, 36.2%)

Aus0085_p6 (2,189 bp, 38.9%)

CDS

2,932

3,222

3,114

rRNA operons

6

6

6

tRNA

47

75

64