Table 2.

General features of the determined extrachromosomal elements of E. pyrifoliae strain Ep1/96, E. tasmaniensis strain Et1/99 [15] and E. billingiae strain Eb661.

Strain	Ep1/96				Et1/99					Eb661
Plasmid tag	pEp2.6	pEp03	pEp05	pEp36	pEt09	pEt35	pEt45	pEt46	pEt49	pEb102	pEb170
Size (bp)	2,590	3,070	4,955	35,909	9,299	35,494	44,694	46,159	48,751	102,323	169,778
G+C (%)	44.9	49.0	53.2	49.9	47.1	40.0	50.8	49.0	43.7	51.7	52.3
Protein coding (%)	66.6	58.9	77.3	71.9	87.9	86.5	87.0	63.5	83.9	85.4	78.7
Coding sequences	6	4	5	37	7	42	46	39	61	114	220
Average size (bp)	287	452	766	698	1,168	731	845	752	670	766	607
G+C content (%)	43.9	47.0	52.2	52.7	47.2	40.1	51.8	49.5	43.6	53.0	54.1
Assigned function	1	2	4	26	6	23	29	25	35	54	111
Conserved uncharacterized	1	2	1	7	1	3	1	5	5	40	15
Uncharacterized	4	-	-	4	-	16	16	9	21	20	94
Transposase(s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	2	-	1	6
mobilization or transfer gene	-	-	mob	-	-	tra	tra	mob /tra	tra	-	tra