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. 2002 Oct;12(10):1556–1563. doi: 10.1101/gr.370702

Table 1.

Comparative Statistics of Sequenced Genomes of Xylella fastidiosa Strains

Xf pv citrus (XFA)a Xf pv oleander (XFY)b Xf pv almond (XFX)c




Affected plants Citrus Oleander Almond
Disease caused Citrus variegated chlorosis Oleander leaf scorch Almond leaf scorch
Sequencing source ONSA This study This study
DNA, total sequenced bases 2,731,748 2,625,581 2,434,849
Contigs 3 93 121
Coverage Complete ∼8.1X ∼9.4X
G+C content 53% 52% 52%
Total ORFs 2985 2870 2681
Assigned functions 58% (1684 ORFs) 62% (1713 ORFs) 62% (1593 ORFs)
Unassigned functions 42% 38% 38%
Unique Hypothetical Unique Hypothetical Unique Hypothetical
7% 35% 4% 34% 3% 35%
ORFs in ortholog clusters 60% 58% 59%
ORFs in paralog clusters 21% (639) 23% (660) 22% (585)
Paralog clusters 252 230 220
ORFs in chromosomal clusters 32% 29% 26%
a

Statistics derived from this study. 

b

Xylella fastidiosa pv almond Dixon strain. 

c

Xylella fastidiosa pv oleander Ann-I strain. 

(ONSA) Organization for Nucleotide Sequencing and Analysis.