Table 1.
Characteristics of the reference organisms
| Reference organism (abbreviated) | ɛ (Equation 1) | GC% |
|---|---|---|
| H.influenzae Rd (HFRD) | 0 | 38.76 |
| H.influenzae (HF) | 7.9 | 37.45 |
| H.ducreyi (HFDY) | 12.65 | 37.15 |
| Pasteurella multocida (PM) | 12.89 | 40.74 |
| H.influenzae aegyptius (HFAY) | 15.48 | 37.15 |
| Actinobacillus actino (AA) | 16.48 | 38.99 |
| HP1 phage (HP1) | 16.51 | 40.44 |
| Listeria innocua (LI) | 17.12 | 37.79 |
| HP2 phage (HP2) | 17.32 | 40.4 |
| Staphylococcus aureus (SA) | 22.26 | 32.88 |
| Lactococcus lactis (LL) | 22.49 | 35.5 |
| enterobactphage T4 (T4) | 22.5 | 35.37 |
| Legionella pneumophila (LP) | 24.53 | 40.61 |
| Bacteriophage A118 (A118) | 25.26 | 36.33 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) | 28.8 | 39.14 |
| Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) | 28.83 | 31.74 |
| Guillardia theta (GT) | 28.96 | 24.98 |
| Campylobacter jejuni (CJ) | 30.9 | 30.76 |
| Schizosaccharomyces pombe (SCHZ) | 33.26 | 39.8 |
| Borrelia burgdorferi (BB) | 33.29 | 29.24 |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) | 33.62 | 26.75 |
| Chlamydia muridarum (CM) | 34.24 | 40.62 |
| Candida albicans (CA) | 34.36 | 36.88 |
| Gifsy-1 (GF1) | 34.79 | 42.27 |
| Bacillus halodurans (BH) | 34.84 | 44.32 |
| Vibrio cholerae (VC) | 36.4 | 47.35 |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) | 36.67 | 39.71 |
| Plasmodium falciparum (PF) | 36.69 | 25.87 |
| Helicobacter pylori 26695 (HP) | 36.81 | 39.56 |
| Lactobacillus helveticus (LH) | 36.91 | 38.93 |
| Salmonella enterica (SE) | 36.98 | 45.67 |
| Shigella flexneri (SF) | 37.53 | 45.49 |
| Clostridium butyricum (CB) | 38.84 | 26.25 |
| Gifsy-2 (GF2) | 39.81 | 43.88 |
| Bacillus subtilis (BS) | 40.01 | 44.32 |
| influenzae C virus (INFC) | 40.23 | 38.38 |
| Human papilomavirus 16 (HP16) | 40.8 | 38.12 |
| Yersinia pestis (YP) | 41.03 | 48.97 |
| Caenorhabditis elegans (CE) | 42.37 | 42.76 |
| Human rotavirus (strain rv5) (HR5) | 43.51 | 32.77 |
| Shigella flexneri 2a (SF2A) | 43.65 | 47.67 |
| Methanococcus jannaschii (MJ) | 43.74 | 31.85 |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum (FN) | 43.92 | 26.76 |
| FIV (FIV) | 44.07 | 36.44 |
| Arabidopsis thaliana (AT) | 45.36 | 44.41 |
| Clostridium sticklandii (CS) | 45.95 | 36.32 |
| Mycoplasma penetrans (MP) | 46.01 | 30.55 |
| bacteriophage 933W (933W) | 47.86 | 49.81 |
| Hepatitis A virus (HepA) | 47.97 | 37.15 |
| Clostridium kluyveri (CK) | 48.15 | 34.16 |
| enterobactphage Mu (Mu) | 48.22 | 52.14 |
| Mycoplasma mycoides (MM) | 51.25 | 24.64 |
| Escherichia coli K12 (K12) | 51.95 | 51.83 |
| HIV type1 (HIV1) | 52.21 | 43.33 |
| Xenopus laevis (XL) | 53.58 | 47.34 |
| Bacteriophage N15 (N15) | 53.69 | 51.39 |
| Treponema pallidum (TP) | 53.84 | 52.52 |
| influenzae A virus (HongKong) (infA) | 55.15 | 44.78 |
| Xylella fastiodosa (XF) | 55.73 | 53.78 |
| HIV type2 (HIV2) | 57.74 | 46.14 |
| Neisseria gonorrhea (NG) | 62.97 | 52.59 |
| Neisseria meningiditis (NM) | 63.68 | 53.06 |
| Plasmid R124 (R124) | 64.75 | 51.45 |
| Thermotoga maritima (TP) | 65.62 | 46.45 |
| Homo sapiens (HS) | 67.09 | 52.66 |
| Mus musculus (Mus) | 68.15 | 52.41 |
| Agrobact. sp. (Agr) | 69.52 | 56.86 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) | 70.1 | 55.79 |
| Oryza sativa (OS) | 70.47 | 55.98 |
| Rhizobium rhizogenes (RR) | 75.35 | 57.6 |
| Drosophila melanogaster (DM) | 75.59 | 54.03 |
| Archaeoglobus fulgidus (AF) | 76.59 | 49.37 |
| Mycobacterium leprae (ML) | 79.22 | 59.9 |
| Anopheles gambiae (AG) | 86.47 | 56.93 |
| Chlorobium tepidum (CT) | 92.4 | 57.73 |
| Mesorhizobium loti (LOTI) | 99.09 | 63.24 |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) | 101.35 | 64.48 |
| Deinococcus radiodurans (DR) | 108.1 | 67.24 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) | 114.7 | 66.45 |
| Caulobacter crescentus (CC) | 116.67 | 67.67 |