Table 4.

Occurrence of tandem and inverted repeats in chloroplast genomes of rhodophytes and algae with chloroplasts of secondary endosymbiotic origin

Organism	Genome Size	Inverted # (bp)	%	Tandem # (bp)	%	Repeat % Total
Heterosigma akashiwo CCMP452	160,149	40 (3060)	1.91	25 (1150)	0.71	2.62
Heterosigma akashiwo NIES293	159,370	36 (2879)	1.81	23 (916)	0.57	2.38
(C) Odontella sinensis	119,704	21(1394)	1.16	2 (74)	0.06	1.22
(C) Thalassiosira pseudonana	128,814	26 (1,600)	1.24	5 (210)	0.16	1.40
(P) Phaeodactylum tricornutum	117,369	14(751)	0.64	4 (132)	0.11	0.75
Emiliana huxleyi	105,309	15 (784)	0.74	1 (34)	0.03	0.77
Guillardia theta	121,524	16 (1080)	0.09	1 (32)	0.03	0.12
(F) Gracilaria tenuistipitata	183,883	8 (421)	0.23	5 (184)	0.10	0.33
(F) Porphyra purpurea	191,028	10 (489)	0.26	1 (30)	0.02	0.28
(F) Porphyra yezoensis	191,952	13 (672)	0.35	3 (132)	0.07	0.42
(B) Cyanidium caldarium	164,921	9 (526)	0.32	2 (62)	0.04	0.36
(B) Cyanidioschyzon merolae	149,987	3 (152)	0.10	71 (1984)	1.32	1.42
Cyanophora paradoxa	135,599	47 (3268)	2.41	26 (1,435)	1.06	3.46

C-Centric diatom; P-Pennate diatom F-Floridiophyte B-Bangiophyte