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Table 1 Composition of Experimental dataset with respect to Types of R-M systems recognizing the site. The same site could be recognized by R-M systems of different Types, as shown in the last three rows

From: Avoidance of recognition sites of restriction-modification systems is a widespread but not universal anti-restriction strategy of prokaryotic viruses

Type of REase

Number of (site, genome) pairs

Number of different sites

Number of different genomes

I

23,223

202

1571

II

34,912

186

2767

IIG

2584

65

1081

IIM

975

6

628

III

3795

43

1050

IV

597

2

597

II and IIG

425

5

399

II and IIM

167

3

167

II and III

26

1

26