Table 1. Genome statistics for M. extorquens AM1 and DM4.
| Strain AM1 | Strain AM1 | Strain AM1 | Strain AM1 | Strain AM1 | Strain AM1 | Strain DM4 | Strain DM4 | Strain DM4 | Strain DM4 | |
| Chromosome | Megaplasmid | Plasmid p1META1 | Plasmid p2META1 | Plasmid p3META1 | Total/average | Chromosome | Plasmid p1METDI | Plasmid p2METDI | Total/Average | |
| Size (bp) | 5511322 | 1261460 | 44195 | 37858 | 24943 | 6879778 | 5943768 | 141504 | 38579 | 6123851 |
| GC (%) | 68.7 | 67.7 | 67.9 | 65.3 | 66.9 | 68.5 a | 68.1 | 65.3 | 63.7 | 68.0 a |
| Repeat regions b (%) | 8.3 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 8.0 a | 9.3 | 1.6 | 0 | 9.1 a |
| Genes | 5315 | 1318 | 46 | 45 | 35 | 6759 | 5857 | 137 | 41 | 6035 |
| Protein-coding genes | 5227 | 1312 | 46 | 45 | 35 | 6665 | 5769 | 137 | 41 | 5947 |
| Average length | ||||||||||
| CDS (bp) | 905.3 | 846.9 | 822.7 | 693.2 | 536.6 | 891.7 a | 888.2 | 878.4 | 821.9 | 887.2 a |
| Intergenic (bp) | 178.1 | 167.7 | 163.1 | 229.2 | 160.6 | 176.4 a | 180.4 | 309.6 | 202.6 | 183.4 a |
| Coding density (%) | 84.2 | 84.1 | 78.9 | 73.1 | 69.8 | 84.0 a | 83.6 | 70.6 | 77.7 | 83.3 a |
| rRNA operons | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| tRNA | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Insertion elements (IS) | ||||||||||
| Total length (%) | 2.4 | 7.6 | 22.0 | 27.5 | 15.5 | 3.7 a | 1.6 | 21.5 | 10.0 | 2.1 a |
| Intact IS c | 93 (19) | 41 (25) | 3 (3) | 4 (4) | 1 (1) | 142 (39) | 54 (27) | 15 (15) | 2 (2) | 71 (42) |
| Partial IS c | 8 (7) | 22 (13) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 32 (19) | 17 (11) | 5 (5) | 1 (1) | 23 (15) |
| MITEs | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
a
Average.
b
Defined by the algorithm Nosferatu as implemented in Mage [45].
c
Number of IS elements (number of IS types in brackets).