Table 2.
General properties of studied genomes and oligonucleotides
| Organism | Classa | Genome | Number of genes | Average gene length | Probeable genes | Probeable genes (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unique oligos/gene | Valid oligos/gene | Invalid oligos/gene | ||||||
| Buchnera sp. | Prγ | 609 | 469 | 495 | 564 | 987.3 | 564 | 100 |
| B.burgdorferi | S | 588 | 432 | 547 | 850 | 1002.9 | 847 | 99.6 |
| C.acetobutylicum | F | 384 | 304 | 593 | 3672 | 921.0 | 3659 | 99.6 |
| S.solfataricus | A | 489 | 380 | 449 | 2968 | 852.4 | 2648 | 89.2 |
| H.pylori | Prδ/ɛ | 615 | 400 | 531 | 1566 | 954.5 | 1529 | 97.6 |
| B.subtilis | F | 634 | 457 | 413 | 4100 | 893.5 | 4095 | 99.9 |
| A.aeolicus | Bh | 733 | 460 | 471 | 1521 | 954.7 | 1515 | 99.6 |
| T.maritima | Bh | 727 | 481 | 443 | 1846 | 948.6 | 1832 | 99.2 |
| A.fulgidus | A | 635 | 371 | 434 | 2407 | 829.2 | 2379 | 98.8 |
| E.coli | Prγ | 658 | 425 | 504 | 4289 | 953.6 | 4218 | 98.3 |
| N.meningitidis | Prβ | 568 | 326 | 523 | 2025 | 872.7 | 1866 | 92.1 |
| S.typhimurium | Prβ | 607 | 379 | 514 | 4595 | 917.1 | 4509 | 98.1 |
| A.tumefaciens | Prα | 556 | 296 | 613 | 2722 | 933.1 | 2714 | 99.7 |
| M.tuberculosis | Ac | 378 | 179 | 750 | 4187 | 952.9 | 4132 | 98.7 |
| C.elegans | E | 129 | 84 | 1380 | 16522 | 1288 | 15673 | 94.9 |
| A.thaliana | E | 87 | 51 | 1424 | 25694 | 1499.5 | 24392 | 94.9 |
| S.cerevisiae | E | 708 | 537 | 1054 | 6306 | 1414.7 | 6013 | 95.34 |
aA, Archae; Ac, Actinobacteria; Bh, hyperthermophilic bacterium; E, eukaryote; F, Firmicute; Pr, Probacteria; S, Spirochete.