A pangenomic analysis of the Nannochloropsisorganellar genomes reveals novel genetic variations in key metabolic genes

Table 1 General characteristics of the Nannochloropsis organellar genomes

	Feature	*N. salina*	*N. gaditana* ^#	*N. oculata* ^#	*N. oceanica*
		CCMP1776	CCMP527	CCMP525	LAMB0001
Chloroplast	Size (bp)	114821	114875	117463	115980^*
	GC content	32.92	32.96	33.4	33.5
	Genes	132	132 (124)	136 (126)	136
	tRNA	28	28	29(34)	27
	rRNA	6	6	6	6
	Nucleotide identity (%)^†	100.0	98.4	84.3	81.3
Mitochondria	Size (bp)	41992	42067	41721*	38067
	GC content	31.4	31.4	32.2	31.9
	Genes	43	43 (36)	40 (35)	41
	tRNA	27	27	26 (28)	25
	rRNA	2	2	2	2
	Intronic ORF	0	0	1	0
	Nucleotide identity (%)^†	100.0	97.0	76.2	73.5

^†Percent global nucleotide identity relative to N. salina.
^#The quantity of genes previously reported for N. gaditana CCMP527 [13] and N. oculata CCMP525 [12] are shown in parentheses.
^*Indicates the amount of assembled bases; 1 or more gaps remain in the assembly.

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