Table 1 Bacterial species analyzed in this study are numbered 1 to 40. The strains used for in silico analyses, the size of their genomes in base pairs and their relative GC content are shown. Representative species chosen for comparative analyses are labeled a through to v.
Division | Species | Strain | Â | Â | Genome size | GC% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low-GC Firmicutes | Bacillus anthracis | Ames | 1 | a | 5227293 | 35.4 |
| Â | Bacillus halodurans | C-125 | 2 | Â | 4202353 | 43.6 |
| Â | Bacillus subtilis | 168 | 3 | Â | 4214810 | 43.5 |
| Â | Clostridium perfringens | 13 | 4 | Â | 3031430 | 28.5 |
| Â | Clostridium tetani | E88 | 5 | b | 2799250 | 28.7 |
| Â | Enterococcus faecalis | V583 | 6 | c | 3218031 | 37.0 |
| Â | Lactobacillus johnsonii | NCC533 | 7 | Â | 1992676 | 34.6 |
| Â | Listeria innocua | CLIP11262 | 8 | Â | 3011208 | 37.3 |
| Â | Listeria monocytogenes | EGD-e | 9 | d | 2944528 | 37.9 |
| Â | Staphylococcus aureus | MW2 | 10 | Â | 2820462 | 32.7 |
| Â | Streptococcus pneumoniae | TIGR4 | 11 | e | 2160837 | 39.6 |
| Â | Streptococcus pyogenes | SF370 | 12 | Â | 1852442 | 38.4 |
Mollicutes | Mycoplasma genitalium | G-37 | 13 | f | 580074 | 31.6 |
| Â | Mycoplasma pneumoniae | M129 | 14 | g | 816394 | 39.9 |
| Â | Ureaplasma urealyticum | serovar 3 | 15 | Â | 751719 | 25.4 |
high-GC Firmicutes | Corynebacterium diphtheriae | NCTC13129 | 16 | Â | 2488635 | 53.5 |
| Â | Mycobacterium leprae | TN | 17 | Â | 3268203 | 57.7 |
| Â | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | H37Rv | 18 | h | 4411529 | 65.5 |
Chlamydiae | Chlamydia pneumoniae | AR39 | 19 | i | 1229853 | 40.5 |
| Â | Chlamydia trachomatis | serovar D | 20 | Â | 1042519 | 41.2 |
Spirochaetae | Treponema pallidum | Nichols | 21 | j | 1138012 | 52.7 |
α-Proteobacteria | Brucella melitensis | 16 M | 22 | k | 3294931 | 57.1 |
| Â | Rickettsia conorii | Malish 7 | 23 | Â | 1268755 | 32.4 |
| Â | Rickettsia prowazekii | Madrid E | 24 | l | 1111523 | 28.9 |
β-Proteobacteria | Bordetella bronchiseptica | RB50 | 25 | m | 5339179 | 68.1 |
| Â | Bordetella parapertussis | 12822 | 26 | Â | 4773551 | 68.1 |
| Â | Bordetella pertussis | Tohama I | 27 | Â | 4086189 | 67.7 |
| Â | Neisseria meningitidis | MC58 | 28 | n | 2272351 | 51.4 |
γ-Proteobacteria | Buchnera | APS | 29 |  | 640681 | 26.2 |
| Â | Escherichia coli K12 | MG1655 | 30 | o | 4639221 | 49.8 |
| Â | Haemophilus influenzae | KW20 Rd | 31 | p | 1830138 | 38.0 |
| Â | Pasteurella multocida | PM70 | 32 | Â | 2257487 | 40.3 |
| Â | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | PA01 | 33 | q | 6264403 | 66.4 |
| Â | Pseudomonas putida | KT2440 | 34 | Â | 6181863 | 61.5 |
| Â | Salmonella typhi | CT-18 | 35 | r | 4809037 | 52.0 |
| Â | Salmonella typhimurium LT2 | SGSC141 | 36 | s | 4857432 | 52.2 |
| Â | Vibrio cholerae | N16961 | 37 | Â | 4033464 | 47.2 |
| Â | Yersinia pestis | CO92 | 38 | t | 4653728 | 47.5 |
ε-Proteobacteria | Campylobacter jejuni | NCTC11168 | 39 | u | 1641481 | 30.5 |
| Â | Helicobacter pylori | 26695 | 40 | v | 1667867 | 38.8 |