Table 1.
Characteristics of the Proteromonas lacertae mtDNA
| P. lacertaea | Blastocystis sp. | Other Stramenopilesb | |
| Total length (bp) | 48,663 | 27,719–29,270 | 31,617–58,507 |
| G + C content (%) | |||
| Total | 20.9 (22.7) | 19.9–21.9 | 22.3–38.0 |
| Intergenic regions | 13.2 (12.0) | 10.7–10.9 | 6.8–37.4 |
| Protein-coding regions | 18.0 (19.0) | 17.9–20.7 | 20.9–37.1 |
| Structural RNA genes | 35.4 (35.4) | 28.7–30.0 | 33.9–45.2 |
| Gene number | 52 (88) | 45 | 58–79 |
| Protein coding | 27 (39) | 27 | 34–52 |
| Structural RNAs | 25 (49) | 18 | 24–34 |
| Average length ORFs (nt) | 955 (886) | 793–835 | 645–1,049 |
| Average length IGRs (nt) | 34 (31) | 28–37 | 20–160 |
NOTE.—Various genome features of the complete organelle genome of P. lacertae, Blastocystis, and other stramenopiles are compared. IGR, intergenic region.
a
In parentheses are the values for G + C content, gene number etc., in P. lacertae when both copies of the repeated region are included.
b
Data for all other stramenopile complete mitochondrial genome sequences have been summarized in this column, namely those shown in figure 3 plus six additional Saccharina species.