Skip to main content
. 2003 Jan 1;31(1):187–189. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg004

Table 1. Species, total number of Open Reading Frames (ORF) and number (N) and percentage (%) of extraneous genes in terms of G+C content and codon usage from archaeal and bacterial complete genomes included in the database.

Genome ORF N %
Archaea   Archaea Archaea
Aeropyrum pernix K1 1840 270 15.7
Archaeoglobus fulgidus 2420 160 7.7
Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 2075 149 8.4
Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum deltaH 1873 178 10.9
Methanococcus jannaschii 1729 72 4.8
Methanopyrus kandleri AV19 1687 179 11.5
Methanosarcina acetivorans 4540 602 15.1
Methanosarcina mazei 3371 378 12.6
Pyrobaculum aerophilum 2605 308 14.5
Pyrococcus abyssi 1769 121 7.3
Pyrococcus furiosis 2065 134 7.4
Pyrococcus horikoshii 1801 123 7.3
Sulfolobus solfataricus 2977 147 5.4
Sulfolobus tokodaii 2826 132 5.2
Thermoplasma acidophilum 1482 145 10.8
Thermoplasma volcanium 1499 104 7.8
Bacteria      
Agrobacterium tumefaciens str. C58 (Cereon) circular chromosome 2721 194 7.6
A. tumefaciens str. C58 (Cereon) linear chr. 1833 114 6.5
A. tumefaciens str. C58 (U. Wash.) circular chr. 2785 142 5.7
A. tumefaciens str. C58 (U. Wash.) linear chr. 1876 114 6.5
Aquifex aeolicus 1529 70 4.8
Bacillus halodurans C-125 4066 304 8.6
Bacillus subtilis 4112 552 15.0
Borrelia burgdorferi 851 10 1.4
Brucella melitensis chr. I 2059 118 6.5
Brucella melitensis chr. II 1139 59 5.7
Buchnera aphidicola Sg 544 6 1.3
Buchnera sp. APS 564 0 0.0
Campylobacter jejuni 1634 78 5.4
Caulobacter crescentus 3737 135 3.9
Chlorobium tepidum TLS 2252 267 14.5
Chlamydophila pneumoniae J138 1069 49 5.2
Chlamydophila pneumoniae CWL029 1054 58 6.0
Chlamydophila pneumoniae AR39 1112 55 5.9
Chlamydia trachomatis 895 36 4.3
Chlamydia muridarum 909 12 1.5
Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC824 3672 146 4.4
Clostridium perfringens 2660 75 3.2
Corynebacterium glutamicum 3040 207 7.5
Deinococcus radiodurans chr. 1 2629 86 3.5
Deinococcus radiodurans chr. 2 368 23 6.4
Escherichia coli K12 4279 359 9.2
Escherichia coli O157 5361 625 13.3
Escherichia coli O157:H7:EDL933 5324 593 12.6
Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC25586 2067 40 2.2
Haemophilus influenzae Rd 1714 87 5.7
Helicobacter pylori 26695 1576 87 6.3
Helicobacter pylori J99 1491 68 4.9
Lactococcus lactis 2267 90 4.5
Listeria innocua 2968 164 6.2
Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e 2846 184 7.1
Mesorhizobium loti 6746 604 9.9
Mycobacterium leprae TN 1605 73 5.1
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv 3927 176 4.8
Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551 4187 197 5.4
Mycoplasma genitalium G37 484 51 11.9
Mycoplasma pneumoniae M129 689 39 6.2
Mycoplasma pulmonis UAB CTIP 782 28 4.0
Neisseria meningitidis MC58 2079 221 12.5
Neisseria meningitidis Z2491 2065 206 11.7
Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 5366 203 4.4
Pasteurella multocida PM70 2015 117 6.1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 5567 307 5.9
Ralstonia solanacearum 3440 356 11.2
Rickettsia conorii Malish 7 1374 54 5.6
Rickettsia prowazekii MadridE 835 28 3.6
Salmonella entereica serovar typhi 4395 551 13.9
Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium LT2 4451 446 11.0
Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 3341 179 5.8
Staphylococcus aureus Mu50 2714 119 5.1
Staphylococcus aureus MW2 2632 131 5.8
Staphylococcus aureus N315 2594 105 4.6
Streptococcus pneumonia R6 2043 249 14.1
Streptococcus pneumonia TIGR4 2094 258 15.1
Streptococcus pyogenes SF320 1697 136 9.1
Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS8232 1845 157 10.0
Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) 7512 541 7.8
Synechocystis PCC6803 3167 211 7.3
Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis 2588 343 14.9
Thermotoga maritima 1858 194 11.6
Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum 1036 78 8.7
Ureaplasma urealyticum 614 12 2.3
Vibrio cholerae chr. 1 2742 234 10.0
Vibrio cholerae chr. 2 1093 204 22.2
Xanthomonas campestris 4181 285 7.4
Xanthomonas citri 4312 284 7.1
Xylella fastidiosa 2766 458 21.4
Yersinia pestis CO92 3885 316 9.0

The percentages are referred to the genes analyzed, that exclude genes smaller than 300 bp and genes for ribosomal proteins