The genome sequence of the fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida strain LFI1238 shows extensive evidence of gene decay

Table 1 General overview of the A. salmonicida genome.

	Chr I	Chr II	pVSAL840	pVSAL320	pVSAL54	pVSAL43	Total
Number of bases	3 325 165	1 206 461	83 540	30 807	5 360	4 327	4 655 660
GC percentage	39.83	39.06	40.07	37.28	38.1	35.61
Number of CDS	3 070	1 105	72	33	3	3	4 286
Coding percentage	86.8	87.5	85.3	77	65.8	62.3
Average CAI	0.59	0.56	0.48	0.53	0.49	0.52
tRNA	94	13	0	0	0	0	107
rRNA operons	11	1	0	0	0	0	12
Misc RNA	18	2	0	0	0	0	20
Pseudo-/partial genes	245	119	2	4	0	0	370
Transposases	350	164	2	4	0	1	521
IS elements	188	93	2	4	0	1	288

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