Table 1 Genomic features of Cryptosporidium ubiquitum and C. andersoni in comparison with other apicomplexan parasitesa
From: Evolution of mitosome metabolism and invasion-related proteins in Cryptosporidium
| P. falciparum | T. gondii | C. parvum | C. hominis | C. ubiquitum | C. andersoni | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total length (Mb) | 22.85 | 65.67 | 9.10 | 8.74 | 8.97 | 9.09 |
| No. of super contigs | 16 | 2,263 | 8 | 1,422 | 27 | 135 |
| GC content (%) | 20.0 | 48.5 | 30.3 | 30.9 | 30.8 | 28.5 |
| No. of genes | 5,542 | 8,322 | 3,805 | 3,886 | 3,767 | 3,905 |
| Total length of CDS (Mb)b | 12.58 | 20.03 | 6.83 | 5.28 | 6.94 | 6.86 |
| GC content in CDS (%) | 25.0 | 56.0 | 31.9 | 32.7 | 33.0 | 30.1 |
| GC content at 3rd position in codons (%) | 18.0 | 59.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 14.0 |
| Mean length of genes (bp) | 2,271 | 2,407 | 1,720 | 1,360 | 1,841 | 1,757 |
| Gene density (gene/Mb) | 242.5 | 126.7 | 418.1 | 444.6 | 420.0 | 429.6 |
| Percent coding (%) | 55.1 | 30.5 | 75.0 | 60.4 | 77.4 | 75.5 |
| No. of genes with intron | 3,055 | 6,729 | 163 | 8 | 758 | 832 |
| Genes with intron (%) | 55.1 | 80.9 | 4.2 | 0.02c | 20.1 | 21.3 |
| No. of tRNA | 72 | 174 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 44 |
| No. of tRNAmet | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Proteins with signal peptide | 638 | 759 | 397 | 421 | 399 | 309 |
| Proteins with transmembrane domain | 1,754 | 1,103 | 832 | 769 | 772 | 839 |
| Proteins with GPI anchor | 62 | 255 | 63 | 51 | 50 | 47 |