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Table 1 Average GC (A) and relative amounts (B) in percentage of components from unicellular eukaryotes

From: Compositional patterns in the genomes of unicellular eukaryotes

A) Average GC

        

Algae

O. tauri

      

59.4(a)

 

C. merolae

    

51.8

55.4

 

Diatoms

T. pseudonana

    

47.0

  
 

P. tricornutum

    

48.9

  

Fungi

S. cerevisiae

  

38.5

    
 

C. glabrata

 

35.7

38.9

43.5

   
 

A. gossypii

    

50.7

53.8

 
 

C. neoformans

    

48.9

  

Flagellate protozoans

T. brucei

   

43.2

47.5

  
 

T. cruzi

    

49.6

54.7

 

Parasitic protist

T. gondii

    

52.7

55.0

 

Amoeba

D. discoideum

28.4(a)

      

Malaria parasites

P. falciparum

19.4(a)

      
 

P. chabaudi

22.5(a)

      
 

P. berghei

22.0(a)

      
 

P. knowlesi

 

35.0

38.5

42.8

   
 

P. vivax

 

32.6

39.1

43.7

46.2

53.7

 
 

Overall average

 

34.2

38.8

43.5

48.8

54.4

 
   

L1

L2

H1

H2

H3

 
 

Vertebrates (b)

 

36.2

39.1

43.3

48.3

54.8

 
 

Invertebrates (b)

 

35.5

39.3

43.0

47.1

54.5

 

B) Relative amount

        

Algae

O. tauri

      

~100(c)

 

C. merolae

    

88.2

10.9

 

Diatoms

T. pseudonana

    

~100(c)

  
 

P. tricornutum

   

3.6

96.4(c)

  

Fungi

S. cerevisiae

  

95.0

0.7

   
 

C. glabrata

 

16.0

79.0

5.5

   
 

A. gossypii

    

60.0

40.0

 
 

C. neoformans

    

~100(c)

  

Flagellate protozoans

T. brucei

   

18.9

76.7

  
 

T. cruzi

    

78.8

23.7

 

Parasitic protist

T. gondii

    

83.0

17

 

Amoeba

D. discoideum

~100(c)

      

Malaria parasites

P. falciparum

~100(c)

      
 

P. chabaudi

~100(c)

      
 

P. berghei

~100(c)

      
 

P. knowlesi

 

7.5

  

45.5

47.0

 
 

P. vivax

 

11.7

6.4

37.0

47.8

2.7

 
  1. (a)These genomes were excluded from the calculation of the overall average because of their extreme values.
  2. (b)For the sake of comparison the overall average is reported for isochore families from vertebrate and invertebrate genomes analyzed in Costantini et al. [4] and Cammarano et al. [5].
  3. (c)These values included minor components.