Table 1.

General features of the A. marina genome

	Genome	pREB1	pREB2	pREB3	pREB4	pREB5	pREB6	pREB7	pREB8	pREB9	Total
Genome size	6,503,723	374,161	356,087	273,121	226,680	177,162	172,728	155,110	120,693	2,133	8,361,598
G + C content	47%	47%	45%	45%	46%	45%	47%	46%	45%	43%	47%
Open reading frames	6,342	392	417	384	279	224	192	174	120	4	8,528
Pseudogenes	14	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	26
Coding density	85%	85%	84%	76%	85%	82%	83%	83%	78%	67%	84%
Average gene length	867	814	713	541	693	647	744	737	785	286	824
Ribosomal RNAs	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Transfer RNAs	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
Percent CDS without similarities	28%	44%	50%	52%	50%	66%	50%	61%	67%	100%	35%
Percent conserved hypothetical	18%	15%	13%	15%	14%	12%	18%	17%	7%	0%	17%
Insertion elements	285	30	28	19	9	27	16	21	51	1	487
Copy number (approximate)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1