Table 1.
comparative analysis of genome and gene among representative apicomplexan parasites
| B. caballi | B. bigemina | B. ovata | B. bovis | B. sp. Xinjiang | B. divergens | B. microti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genome size (bp) | 12,816,698 | 13,840,936 | 14,453,397 | 8,179,706 | 8,373,550 | 8,915,963 | 6,392,438 |
| N50 (bp) | 3,243,686 | 2,541,256 | 2,090,503 | 1,797,577 | 533,301 | 1,092,625 | 1,766,409 |
| # of contigs/scaffolds | 9 | 483 | 91 | 14 | 215 | 82 | 6 |
| # of coding genes | 5,910 | 5,079 | 5,031 | 3,706 | 3,066 | 4,129 | 3,494 |
| # of tRNA | 65 | 46 | 64 | 69 | 40 | NA | 44 |
| # of 5.8S rRNA | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | NA | NA | 2 |
| # of 18S rRNA | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | NA | NA | 2 |
| # of 28S rRNA | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | NA | NA | 2 |
| reference | this study | ref. 6 | ref. 7 | ref. 4 | ref. 8 | ref. 6 | ref. 5 |