Table 1. Genome statistics and annotation comparison.
| A | ||
| Genome | New E. histolytica assembly | Old E. histolytica assembly |
| Size (bp) | 20799072 | 23361983 |
| GC Content (%) | 24.2 | 24.1 |
| Number of Genes | 8201 | 9985 |
| Mean Gene Length (bp) | 1260.9 | 1170.7 |
| Number of Genes/10 Kbp | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Longest Gene (bp) | 15,210 | 15,210 |
| Shortest Gene (bp) | 147 | 96 |
| Percent Coding (%) | 49.7 | 50 |
| Percent Genes with Introns (%) | 24.4 | 24.9 |
| Exons | New E. histolytica assembly | Old E. histolytica assembly |
| Number | 10,754 | 13,176 |
| Mean number per Gene | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| GC Content (%) | 28 | 28.1 |
| Mean Length (bp) | 962 | 886.1 |
| Total Length (bp) | 10,340,284 | 11,675,669 |
| Introns | New E. histolytica assembly | Old E. histolytica assembly |
| Number | 2,553 | 3191 |
| GC Content (%) | 19.3 | 21.7 |
| Mean Length (bp) | 74.1 | 100 |
| Total Length (bp) | 189,260 | 319,223 |
| Intergenic Regions | New E. histolytica assembly | Old E. histolytica assembly |
| GC Content (%) | 20.5 | 20 |
| Mean Length (bp) | 708.7 | 823.5 |
A) Comparative genome statistics between the old and current E. histolytica genome assemblies. B) Comparative view of EC number, GO terms and domain identification between the old and the new E. histolytica annotations. OGA: original genome annotation, NGA: new genome annotation.
*functional annotation was manually reviewed.