Table 2.

Features and annotations of the 3 new small RNAs of S. meliloti potentially encoding proteins and peptides

	sra10	sra24	sra29
Flanking genes	rpsT-dnaA	Y00125-027	rpsF-Y00569
Orientation	> > >	< > >	< < >
Estimated size(s) (nt)	383	104	110
R. etli CFN 42	•	-	•
R. leguminosarum	•	-	•
A. tumefaciens C58/C	•	-	•
A. tumefaciens C58/W	•	-	•
M. loti MAFF	-	-	•
B. suis	-	-	•
B. melitensis	-	-	•
B. abortus	-	-	•
Possible functions	ORF	Peptide	5' UTR