Table 1.
General features of the C. burnetii genome
| Chromosome | QpH1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Size, bp | 1,995,275 | 37,393 |
| G + C content, % | 42.6 | 39.3 |
| Protein-coding genes | ||
| No. similar to known proteins | 1,022 | 11 |
| No. similar to proteins of unknown function* | 179 | 5 |
| No. of conserved hypotheticals† | 200 | 1 |
| No. of hypotheticals‡ | 693 | 23 |
| Total | 2,094 | 40 |
| Average ORF size, bp | 849 | 736 |
| Coding, % | 89.1 | 78.8 |
| Stable RNAs | ||
| rRNA | 3 | 0 |
| tRNA | 42 | 0 |
*
Unknown function and significant sequence similarity to a named protein for which no function is currently attributed.
†
Conserved hypothetical protein with sequence similarity to a translation of another ORF; however, no experimental evidence for protein expression exists.
‡
Hypothetical protein with no significant similarity to any other sequenced protein.