Table 2 General genomic properties of representative free-living bacteria and insect symbionts

α-proteobacteria

Rickettsia belli

1,522,076

31.6

1,429

85.2

908

[78]

Wolbachia pipientis

1,267,782

35.2

1,195

80.2

851

[79]

Hodgkinia cicadicola

143,795

58.4

169

91.3

777

[45]

Β-proteobacteria

Profftella armatur

459,399

24.2

366

88.0

1,104

[80]

Zinderia insecticola

208,564

13.5

202

89.7

926

[23]

Tremblaya princeps

138,927

58.8

121

66.1

759

[14]

Nasuia deltocephalinicola

112,091

17.1

137

91.9

752

[24]

γ-proteobacteria

Escherichia coli

4,641,652

50.8

4,140

85.1

954

[81]

Sodalis glossinidius

4,171,146

54.7

2,432

50.9

873

[82]

Arsenophonus nasoniae

3,567,128^*

37.4

3,332

-

-

[83]

Hamiltonella defensa

2,110,331^*

40.1

2,094

80.4

810

[19]

1,843,969

40.3

1,806

76.8

784

This study

Serratia symbiotica

1,762,765

29.2

672

38.8

1,019

[20]

Blochmannia pennsylvanicus

791,654

29.6

610

76.7

995

[84]

Blochmannia floridanus

705,557

27.4

583

83.2

1,007

[85]

Baumannia cicadellinicola

686,194

33.2

595

85.5

986

[21]

Buchnera aphidicola

640,681

26.3

564

87.0

988

[8]

416,380

20.2

357

85.1

992

[9]

Portiera aleyrodidarum

357,461

26.1

272

67.7

890

This study

357,472

26.1

246

67.7

984

[13]

358,242

26.2

256

67.6

945

[11]

280,663

24.7

269

94.3

984

[12]

Carsonella ruddii

159,662

16.6

182

94.1

826

[44]

Bacteroidetes

Uzinura diaspidicola

263,431

30.2

227

86.5

1,004

[46]

Sulcia muelleri

245,530

22.4

227

92.1

996

[86]