Table 1 General features of the Bordetella genomes
| Â | B. pertussis | B. parapertussis | B. bronchiseptica | B. avium | B. petrii |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Size (bp) | 4,086,186 | 4,773,551 | 5,338,400 | 3,732,255 | 5,287,950 |
GC content (%) | 67.72 | 68.10 | 68.07 | 61.58 | 65.48 |
Coding sequences | 3,816 | 4,404 | 5,007 | 3,417 | 5,034 |
Pseudogenes | 358 | 220 | 18 | 68 | 125 |
Coding density | 91.6% | 92.2% | 92.0% | 88.6% | 90,6% |
Average gene size (bp) | 978 | 987 | 978 | 972 | 957 |
rRNA operons | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
tRNA | 51 | 53 | 55 | 61 | 51 |
IS481 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IS1001 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 (truncated) |
IS1002 | 6 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IS1663 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
IS3-family and others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |