Table 1.
Predicted positions of ori and ter of sequenced bacterial chromosomes
| Predicted | Reported | ori-terd | Quality | ||||||
| Positionb | Positionc | Degree | |||||||
| Bacterial strain | G.I.a | Genome size (bp) | ori | ter | ori | ter | Keto | Purine | |
| Bacillus halodurans C-125 | BA000004 | 4202353 | 3462 | 2062112 | N/A | N/A | 174 | Weak | Strong |
| Bacillus subtilis | AL009126 | 4214810 | 359 | 1941675 | 1 | 2017000 | 169 | Strong | Strong |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | AE000783 | 910725 | 458751 | 910649 | 460000 | N/A | 179 | strong | Weak |
| Campylobacter jejuni | AL11168 | 1641481 | 1607245 | 829145 | N/A | N/A | 189 | Strong | Weak |
| Caulobacter crescentus | AE005673 | 4016947 | 18744 | 1922444 | 1 | N/A | 171 | Strong | Weak |
| Chlamydia muridarum | AE002160 | 1069411 | 311 | 520681 | N/A | N/A | 176 | Strong | Strong |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | AE001273 | 1042519 | 720352 | 201311 | N/A | N/A | 181 | Strong | Strong |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae AR39 | AE002161 | 1229853 | 349 | 622737 | N/A | N/A | 183 | Strong | Weak |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae CWL029 | AE001363 | 1230230 | 841233 | 218525 | N/A | N/A | 177 | Strong | Weak |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae J138 | BA000008 | 1228267 | 840884 | 218478 | N/A | N/A | 177 | Strong | Weak |
| Escherichia coli K12 | U00096 | 4639221 | 3921168 | 1606253 | 3923000 | 1603000 | 180 | Strong | Strong |
| Escherichia coli O157-H7 EDL933 | AE005174 | 5528445 | 4786037 | 1974813 | 4788169 | 1102902 | 183 | Strong | Strong |
| Escherichia coli O157-H7 Sakai-VT2 | BA000007 | 5498450 | 4716984 | 2113730 | 4719188 | 1414737 | 189 | Strong | Strong |
| Haemophilus influenzae | L42023 | 1830138 | 616817 | 1475181 | N/A | 1518000 | 169 | Strong | Weak |
| Helicobacter pylori 26695 | AE000511 | 1667867 | 1589717 | 683947 | N/A | N/A | 165 | Strong | Weak |
| Helicobacter pylori J99 | AE001349 | 1643831 | 142182 | 896905 | N/A | N/A | 166 | Strong | Weak |
| Lactococcus lactis | AE005167 | 2365589 | 26262 | 1293666 | N/A | N/A | 193 | Weak | Strong |
| Mesorhizobium loti | NC_002678 | 7036074 | 3944132 | 148671 | N/A | N/A | 166 | Strong | Weak |
| Mycobacterium leprae | AL450380 | 3268203 | 1833 | 1707503 | N/A | N/A | 188 | Strong | Weak |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | AL123456 | 4403836 | 1784 | 2084147 | N/A | N/A | 171 | Strong | Weak |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37R | AE000516 | 4411529 | 1784 | 2086919 | N/A | N/A | 171 | Strong | Weak |
| Mycoplasma genitalium | NC_000908 | 580074 | 349919 | 95535 | N/A | N/A | 202 | Weak | Strong |
| Neisseria meningitidis MC58 | AE002098 | 2272351 | 13698 | 1241287 | N/A | N/A | 195 | Strong | Strong |
| Neisseria meningitidis Z2491 | AL157959 | 2184406 | 247606 | 1307356 | N/A | N/A | 175 | Strong | Strong |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | AE004091 | 6264403 | 5852734 | 2586738 | N/A | N/A | 172 | Strong | Strong |
| Rickettsia conorii | NC_003103 | 1268823 | 1243683 | 607194 | N/A | N/A | 180 | Strong | Weak |
| Salmonella typhi CT18 | AE006469 | 4809037 | 3765414 | 1486510 | 3765000 | 1437000 | 189 | Strong | Strong |
| Salmonella typhimurium LT2 | BA000017 | 4857432 | 4083786 | 1635863 | N/A | N/A | 178 | Strong | Strong |
| Sinorhizobium meliloti | NC_002745 | 3654135 | 3476969 | 1718933 | N/A | N/A | 186 | Strong | Weak |
| Staphylococcus aureus Mu50 | AE004092 | 2878040 | 1749987 | 361672 | N/A | N/A | 186 | Weak | Strong |
| Staphylococcus aureus N315 | AE006641 | 2813695 | 1750052 | 349713 | N/A | N/A | 181 | Weak | Strong |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 | AB001339 | 2160837 | 2504 | 1065319 | N/A | N/A | 177 | Weak | Strong |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | AE000512 | 1852441 | 12348 | 963378 | N/A | N/A | 185 | Weak | Strong |
| Treponema pallidum | AE000520 | 1138011 | 3306 | 556361 | N/A | N/A | 175 | Strong | Weak |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | NC_002162 | 751719 | 40119 | 411530 | N/A | N/A | 178 | Weak | Strong |
| Vibrio cholerae | AE003852 | 2961149 | 2959988 | 1573399 | N/A | N/A | 192 | Strong | Strong |
Note: a, G.I., GenInfo Identifiers. b, Predicted position, minimum (ori) and maximum (ter), see details in text. c, Reported position, oriC and terC positions reported by the authors. d, ori-ter (Degree), physical distance of the predicted ori and ter in degree clockwise from ori to ter. e, Quality, keto and purine excesses with minimum and maximum clearly (strong) or not clearly (weak) shown on the curves, see the text and Figures 5, 6 and 7.