Table 1 Properties of genome-sequenced representatives of completely oxidizing SRB

  Aliphatic hydrocarbons

-

-

C₁₂ - C₂₀

C₁₃ - C₁₈

-

-

  Aromatic hydrocarbons

-

-

-

-

1

-

  Fatty acids

< C₁₄ ^{a, b}

< C₇ ^a

C₄ - C₁₈

< C₁₆

< C₄

< C₁₆ ^a

  Other aliphatic compounds

6

8

-

3 ^c

8

8

  Polar aromatic compounds

7

-

-

-

7

-

  Sulfate

+

+

+

+

+

+

  Sulfite

+

+

+

+

+

-

  Thiosulfate

+

+

+

+

+

+

  Autotrophy

-

-

-

+

-

+

  Syntrophy

-

n.d.

n.d.

+

n.d.

n.d.

  Size (bp)

4 455 399

5 242 029

3 944 167

6 517 073

5 197 905

5 589 073

  Sequencing status

complete

complete^d

complete

complete

complete

complete

  G + C content (mol%)

57

58

57

56

42

49

  rRNA operons

3

1

1

2

4

6

  tRNAs

54

51

47

56

48

50

  Coding sequences (CDS)

3942

4708

3267

5296

4375

4943

  Coding (%)

87

89

88

87

87

88

  Average size (bp)

985

987

1066

1080

1039

1017

  Assigned function

2648

3520

2602

4053

3188

3477

  Conserved unknown

689

1162^e

665^e

1243^e

681

1466^e

  Unknown

605

512

  Plasmids

-

-

-

-

-

1

  Phage

-

n.d.

-

-

1

1

  CRISPR

6

8

2

1

3

1

  Accession number

CP015381

125602^g

CP000859

CP001322

FO203503

CP001087

  References

([31]; this study)

([75, 76]; IMG^f)

([77]; IMG^f)

[16, 78]

[15, 79]

[14, 80]